Restaurant-Style Spanish Rice (aka Mexican Rice)
Ingredients
▢2 cups long grain rice
▢1/8 cup vegetable oil
▢8 oz tomato sauce
▢6 stems cilantro (optional)
▢1 tsp salt
▢1 tsp minced garlic
▢4 cups water (or 4 cups chicken lower sodium chicken broth – and no bouillon)
▢1 cube chicken flavored bouillon
▢dash cumin
▢dash garlic pepper
Instructions
Heat oil in large frying pan on medium heat.
Add rice and cook until golden brown.
Add 1 chicken flavored bouillon cube to 4 cups water and microwave for 3 minutes.
When rice is brown, add water, tomato sauce, salt, garlic, cumin and garlic pepper to pan.