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With the use of two everyday appliances; the blender and the microwave, this recipe is super easy and no fail. Don’t like to use the microwave? No problem. It can just as easily be cooked stovetop risotto-style. A little combo of cultures with a delicious result.
Gluten Free Easy Mexican Rice Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup Risotto (Arborio) rice
2 tablespoons olive oil
½ cup finely chopped onions
1 15 ounce can of chopped tomatoes (I like to use fire roasted)
Approximately 1 cup gluten free chicken stock
½ teaspoon ground cumin
1 clove garlic
1 jalapeno pepper finely chopped – optional
Directions
Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add olive oil and chopped onions. Cook until onion is soft but not browned, about 3 minutes. Add the rice and cook stirring for 2 more minutes. Rice will start to look translucent. Put onion rice mixture into a microwave safe casserole dish with a lid.
Put chopped tomatoes with their juice, ground cumin, garlic and jalapeno if using into a blender and blend until smooth. Add enough gluten free chicken stock to make 3 cups of liquid and blend.
Add the tomato chicken stock mixture to the rice, stir and microwave on high about 18 – 20 minutes. Stir 3 times while cooking. Remove from microwave, stir, replace cover and let stand 5 minutes.
If not using the microwave then add the tomato chicken stock mixture to the rice in the skillet in 1 cup increments, stirring after each addition of liquid until totally absorbed.
Servings
Serves 6 gluten free people.
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Er… tomatoes, but love rice! I use the brown basmati rice (gluten-free) ;) but never the risotto rice. Somehow I like the long grains better :)
I just love the color of the rice!
Oh yum. I love arborio rice, I find it so creamy, and it sounds perfect with tomatoes!
You know what? I TOTALLY messed up my Mexican rice- it had nothing to do with the recipe, but I’m ashamed to say that I cannot make rice outside of my rice cooker.
:-(
Ended up re-doing the rice and making it in my rice cooker!
lol
Oooh! This is sooo much better than Rice-a-Roni! Love that you used arborio rice too.
I love the colour of this Carol! And the use of the arborio…a true mix and match of cultures.
This is so simple (perfect for my cooking prowess) but so tasty! Is there a “Part 5″ to this dinner extravaganza? How does one acquire an invite to your casa? :)
I like the fiery red colour of the rice and the cumin is a nice touch.
Uhhhh, did you say rice? Count me in :)
I love mexican rice, but haven't been able to get it quite right. I can't wait to try this. It looks very simple, and with your ingredient list I can't see how it's not awesome! Thanks!
I'm making this for dinner tonight. I think I'll try to shoot it, but I don't think it will be as pretty as your picture!
I just found this on tastespotting and made it (the stovetop version) and it was great! thanks!!
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I just ran across this website. I see some great reciepes here; will be making some. I made Spanish rice a couple of weeks ago, but I substituted quinoa for the rice. You could not taste a difference at all.
I LOVE this recipe! NOTE: a bag of cheap medium garin rice (89 cents) worked just fine, my local grocery store is lacking and didn’t have rissoto. I never liked Spanish rice too much because it was never anything special. But this is amazing…and I can make it myself. Another awesome thing is I can use the microwave, now I love to cook but sometimes having the microwave do the work is more pleasing. I also love onions so I add a lot more than the recipe calls for and to make it vegan I add veggie broth instead. But MMM it’s so good and has a lot of flavor, it puts reataurants to shame.
So glad you enjoo0y this recipe Ky and thanks for letting me know that cheap rice works just as well! I love it when cheap will do in place of pricey!