Ingredients for - Simple Spanish Rice

1. Vegetable oil ¼ cup
2. Instant rice 1 ½ cups
3. Onion, chopped 1
4. Green bell pepper, chopped 1
5. Diced tomatoes 1 (16 ounce) can
6. Vegetable juice (such as V8®) 1 (11 ounce) can
7. Tomato sauce 1 (8 ounce) can
8. Water ½ cup
9. White sugar 1 tablespoon
10. Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
11. Salt 1 teaspoon
12. Ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Simple Spanish Rice

1 . Stage

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir rice, onion, and bell pepper in hot oil until the vegetables are slightly tender and rice is lightly browned, 7 to 10 minutes.

2 . Stage

Stir diced tomatoes, vegetable juice, tomato sauce, water, sugar, lemon juice, salt, and pepper into the rice mixture. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes more.