Mexican Rice Recipes

Ingredients: 

12 ounces tomatoes, very ripe and cored
1 medium white onion
3 medium jalapenos
2 cups long grain white rice
1/3 cup canola oil
4 minced garlic cloves
2 cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon tomato paste (may omit if using canned tomatoes)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup fresh cilantro, minced
1 lime

Directions: 

Set the oven rack in the middle position and preheat 350.
Processor or blender and process until smooth puree tomatoes and onions thoroughly. Exactly 2 cup measuring cup and transfer the mixture into the reserve. Take extreme.
Remove and discard the ribs and seeds from 2 jalapenos. Sausage meat and set aside. The remaining minced jalapeno. Set aside.
Will not stick to the rice and water in a fine mesh strainer to remove excess water.This step strongly open-about 1/2 1 minutes.Shake rinse under cold running water until the rice removes the rice starch. If you skip this step, you are NOT YOUR RICE DRY AND FLUFFY.
Ovensafe 12-inch flat-sided sautee pan or heavy-bottomed low-medium heat for 2 minutes, the Dutch oven, heat oil tight fitting lid. (Directions very special about it, but I used a 10-inch Dutch oven and it worked fine.) Drop a few grains of rice, and then if you are ready to sizzle. Rice for 6-8 minutes, until light golden and translucent add the rice and stir fry. Oil does not get too hot too fast or the oil will splatter with caution.
, Reduce heat to medium and cook the garlic and add 2 chopped jalapenos, 1 1/2 minutes, stirring constantly, until fragrant.
Juice, puree mixture, tomato paste and salt. Increase medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
The liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 15 minutes after a good pan and transfer to the oven to cook as much as 30-35 minutes.Stir cover the pan.
, Jalapeno flavor, add chopped coriander and lime wedges separately pass.
6-15-05 Edited to add: you can not get good fresh tomatoes better off using canned tomatoes. Most supermarket chains use these terribly hard and underipe tomatoes. Just finished an onion 2 cups tomato and make sure that equal. On the other hand-if you have a tomato and onion after processing at least 2 cups bottled salsa-just add enough to make up the difference to find.
Edited 8-21-06: Do not skip any of the steps. It seems silly-but if you want fluffy rice can be very important to rinse rice to remove the starch. Just when it takes two minutes but makes a difference.
Edited 8-15-08: This is a perfect dish to make in advance for potlucks so delicious as leftovers the next day. This rice also freezes well. Ahead for freezing: Cool ziploc bags, and ice cream servings. Frozen for reheating: Location microwave and hot plate of a pyrex, every 2-3 minutes until heated with stirring.
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