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.