Best Restaurant Spanish Rice Recipes

SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and melt butter.
• Add in rice and cook until lightly browned, stirring frequently, 2-3 minutes. Add in onion and saute for 2-3 more minutes, stirring frequently or until slightly golden brown.
• Add in garlic, cumin, chili powder and oregano. Saute for one minute. Pour in the chicken stock, fire roasted tomatoes and bay leaf.
• Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer. Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the rice is tender. (Refer to the back of your rice, some cook times are shorter or longer depending on what rice you choose)
• When the rice is done fluff with a fork and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately!

RESTAURANT SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Saute onion in oil until translucent.
• Add rice and saute a few more minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Stir, cover and reduce heat to simmer.
• Simmer for twenty minutes without removing lid.
• Fluff with a fork and serve with chopped green onions on top.
• Note: The mild enchilada sauce adds flavor without adding spiciness. If using hot enchilada sauce, I would cut the amount in half at least.

AUTHENTIC SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• in a bowl combine broth, cumin, chili powder, salt & half a can of el pato sauce (if you can't find el pato use regular tomato sauce).
• brown rice, in hot oil, in a large skillet for approximately 5 minutes flipping occasionally.
• add diced onion, minced garlic, sauté for 1 minute.
• add seasoned broth, bring to a boil.
• reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. do not check on the rice before the 15 minutes is up, this will allow steam to escape and may make your rice turn out undercooked.
• most of the water will absorb before the 15 minute time limit but keep covered and continue to steam for the entire 15 minutes. this will make for perfect rice that isnt crunchy.
• after 15 minutes turn heat off, uncover & flip rice over. recover & let sit until everything else is ready. you can let the rice sit covered for up to 25 minutes which will cook out most of the moisture & leave perfect fluffy rice.

EASY AUTHENTIC SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir onions and jalapeno peppers in the butter until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir Mexican-style tomatoes into onion mixture; add rice, salt, and black pepper. Bring rice mixture to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer until rice is cooked, 40 to 45 minutes. Garnish with sour cream and Cheddar cheese to serve.

THE BEST AUTHENTIC SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Pour rice into a deep pot and stir in enough oil so that every grain is coated.
• Cook rice on medium and constantly stir, using a spatula, until it becomes a light toasted color (20-25 min), be careful not to burn.
• Add onion and green pepper, cook until they become soft, add more oil if needed.
• Stir in tomato, cook for 2-3 minute.
• Tilt pot, remove any excess oil w/ spoon.
• Sprinkle bouillon and garlic salt over rice (DO NOT STIR).
• Pour water over rice (DO NOT STIR), then cover.
• Bring to a boil, then lower heat and cook for 25-30 min, or until most liquid evaporated (DO NOT LIFT LID DURING THIS TIME).
• Pick out large pieces of veggies w/ a fork and discard, (this step may be omitted if you chopped your veggies, I have picky eaters).
• *This rice actually tastes better when cooled, and then heated in the microwave, as any remaining liquid is evaporated.