Name: Mamacita's Mexican Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Long-grain white rice - 1 cup; Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon; Onion, minced - 1; Garlic, minced - 1 clove; Chicken broth - 1 ½ cups; Tomato, seeded and diced - 1; Ground cumin - ½ teaspoon; Spanish saffron - ½ teaspoon; Salt and ground black pepper to taste - ½ teaspoon; Frozen peas and carrots, thawed - ¼ cup; Fresh cilantro (Optional) - 1 sprig

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10 min.

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Ingredients for - Mamacita's Mexican Rice

1. Long-grain white rice - 1 cup

2. Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon

3. Onion, minced - 1

4. Garlic, minced - 1 clove

5. Chicken broth - 1 ½ cups

6. Tomato, seeded and diced - 1

7. Ground cumin - ½ teaspoon

8. Spanish saffron - ½ teaspoon

9. Salt and ground black pepper to taste - ½ teaspoon

10. Frozen peas and carrots, thawed - ¼ cup

11. Fresh cilantro (Optional) - 1 sprig

How to cook deliciously - Mamacita's Mexican Rice

1. Stage

Cook and stir rice and oil in a skillet over medium heat until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.

2. Stage

Pour chicken broth into rice mixture and bring to a boil; stir tomato, cumin, saffron, salt, and black pepper into broth and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until rice is cooked, about 20 minutes.

3. Stage

Stir peas and carrots into cooked rice; garnish with cilantro.