Mexican Rice Recipe

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Mexican Rice
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups of rice
  • 1/2 small onion
  • 1 small can of mixed vegetables
  • 1 garlic clove

Directions:

  1. On a medium fire heat about 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a deep saucepan.
  2. When the oil has thinned add the rice and let it fried until it gets light brown. Stir constantly so it browns evenly. This step is very important to avoid the rice to stick when cooked.
  3. In the meantime, blend tomatoes, onion and clove with some water until liquefied. The secret to perfect rice is to double the liquid of the amount of rice. This means that for 1 1/2 cups of rice we should have three cups of liquid. Make sure that you have 3 cups of liquefied tomato mix on your blender.
  4. When the rice is light brown mix it with canned vegetables, tomato mix and salt to taste.
  5. Stir and bring it to a boil.
  6. Reduce the heat to low and cover.
  7. Let it cook for about 15 minutes.
  8. Here’s another tricky part to avoid the rice to break and stick.
  9. You don’t want to stir constantly but not stirring at all will cause the rice at the bottom of the pan to burn so stir slightly every 5 minutes making sure that the rice is not sticking to the bottom.
  10. When the water is almost consumed stir more constantly but always lightly.
  11. Once all the water is consumed you should have something like this picture.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 182.3 Kcal (763 kJ)
Calories from fat 4.43 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.49g 1%
Sodium 1.84mg 0%
Potassium 101.43mg 2%
Total Carbs 40.03g 13%
Sugars 0.86g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0.82g 3%
Protein 3.71g 7%
Vitamin C 3.5mg 6%
Iron 2mg 11%
Calcium 8.7mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 240.66 Kcal (1008 kJ)
Calories from fat 5.85 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.65g 1%
Sodium 2.43mg 0%
Potassium 133.9mg 2%
Total Carbs 52.84g 13%
Sugars 1.13g 3%
Dietary Fiber 1.08g 3%
Protein 4.89g 7%
Vitamin C 4.6mg 6%
Iron 2.6mg 11%
Calcium 11.5mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 3.5
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

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