Super Easy Mexican Rice

7 ingredients
15 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice (white, long grain)
  • 2 cups water
  • 0.75 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon (I prefer Knorr)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic, fresh or from the jar
  • oil

Directions

  1. 1
    Coat bottom of pan with oil (app 1 tablespoon corn oil) on med to med/high heat.
  2. 2
    Add rice and stir until coated with oil.
  3. 3
    Continue stirring until rice becomes solid white in color.
  4. 4
    Depending on your pan, you may need to add a tad bit more oil.
  5. 5
    Once rice is white in color, quickly add water, tomato sauce, bullion, salt, and garlic.
  6. 6
    Stir and cover.
  7. 7
    Lower to medium to medium/low heat for approximately 20 minutes.
  8. 8
    DO NOT PEEK!
  9. 9
    DO NOT STIR!
  10. 10
    Fluff rice.
  11. 11
    Each grain should appear split down the middle and be a light pink/orange color.
  12. 12
    Enjoy!
  13. 13
    Note: it you over stir it will be mushy, if you peek it will not split down the middle.
  14. 14
    And in the last step, if you have a film of tomato sauce on top, don't worry.
  15. 15
    When you fluff it will be fine.

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