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Homemade Mexican Rice Recipe


This New Year's Eve I've decided to go out and explore and cook something different this year. I came across making Mexican food on my own.

I've been searching in the Internet looking for the best Mexican rice to make at home in the Philippines. I had checked so many recipes and it keep asking for Calde de Tomato Bouillon. Unfortunately we don't have that where I live I went to search more to see what I can use to substitute for something that might be available for me.

I read you can use tomato soup, but there are so many sugar content so I decided not to use that one either.

I was thinking to myself how I can make this authentic as possible for me to make it home and still taste delicious as you are eating in a Mexican Restaurant.

I decided to change the cooking ingredient to something else. I will be using fresh tomato and see who knows it would work better than what it is asking me to use.

I will be exploring making my own way and see which is really best.

I decided to fry the long grain rice what I have seen in the Internet they say, the long grain rice will enhance it's nutty grain and add flavor to the dish. 

I decided after I fry the long grain rice I will place all the ingredients in a rice cooker this way I can determine the rice being cooked.

In the Internet it says's use one cup of rice not sure why. That doesn't seem to be enough to feed everyone who has a big family.

This is my outcome of my Mexican rice became successful in one shot. 

Mexican Rice Recipe:

Every one cup of long grain rice equivalent is two cups of chicken broth. The long grain rice takes up a lot of water than normal rice.

I had cooked 5 cups of long grain rice.

Ingredient:
  • 1 kilo ripe tomato (chopped)
  • 2 Pieces of white onion (chopped)
  • 4 Tbs minced garlic
  • 1 Small pouch Del Monte Tomato Paste
  • Blender
  • 2 Tbs cooking oil
  • Rice Cooker
Step 1:
Prepare the tomato broth:
  • In the blender add tomato, onion, garlic and tomato paste
  • Blend
  • Set aside
Step 2:
Chicken Broth
  • Add water for how many cups of rice you will cook for example: I will cook 5 cups of long grain rice
  • Add 4 pieces chicken broth cubes
  • Boil water and dissolve
  • Stir
  • Set aside
Step 3:
  • In a separate bowl measure how many cups of long grain you will make
  • Example: I am cooking five cups of long grain rice
Step 4:
  • In a separate non-stick pan with two tablespoon cooking oil
  • Heat oil
  • Add long grain rice wait until brown 
  • Cook in low heat keep stirring continuously until brown for 20 minutes.
  • Set aside
Step 5:
  • In a rice cooker pot transfer rice inside along with chicken broth and two cups of tomato broth
  • Stir together
  • Cook in rice cooker
  • In the middle while cooking check it and stir occasionally
  • Keep warm in rice cooker
You may refer to my taco recipe for your reference.













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