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Mexican Red Rice

Name: Mexican Red Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1½ cups long-grain white rice; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; ½ white onion; 2 cloves garlic; 1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce; 2 cups vegetable broth; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ cup frozen peas and carrots; chopped cilantro

Fluffy, tomato-tinted rice with separate grains. The secret is toasting the rice first.

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Prep: 10 min
Cook: 30 min
Serves: 6
Difficulty: Easy

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Ingredients

1½ cupslong-grain white rice
2 tbspvegetable oil
½white onion, finely diced
2 clovesgarlic, minced
1 can (8 oz)tomato sauce
2 cupsvegetable broth
1 tspsalt
½ tspground cumin
½ cupfrozen peas and carrots
chopped cilantro, to finish

Method

Rinse the rice in a sieve until the water runs clear, then shake it as dry as you can.
Heat the oil in a wide pot over medium. Add the rice and stir often for 5–7 minutes, until it smells toasty and many grains turn golden.
Add the onion and garlic and stir for 1 minute.
Pour in the tomato sauce, broth, salt and cumin. Bring to a boil, then stir in the peas and carrots.
Cover, turn the heat to low and cook 18–20 minutes without lifting the lid.
Turn off the heat and let it sit, covered, for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork and top with cilantro.

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