How To Make Flavor-Packed Mexican Brown Rice
Love a good serving of healthy brown rice but find it too bland every time? This flavor-packed Mexican brown rice recipe will change that.
Preparation: 5 minutes
Cooking: 5 minutes
Total: 10 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4cupscooked brown rice,if frozen, heated
- 1tspolive oil
- ½medium onion,finely diced
- 2medium plum tomatoes,small dice
- 1jalapeno,seeds and membrane removed, minced
- 2clovesgarlic,minced
- 2tbsptomato paste
- ½tspcumin
- ¼tspsmoked paprika
- ¼tspcayenne pepper
- 1tspkosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper,to taste
- 5lime wedges,for serving
- cilantro,chopped, optional
Instructions
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Heat the cooked rice. Set aside.
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Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
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When hot, add the onions, tomatoes and jalapeno and sauté until just tender, about 2 to 3 minutes.
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Add garlic and sauté for another minute.
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Add the tomato paste, cumin, paprika, cayenne, salt and pepper.
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Stir to evenly coat the vegetables.
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Add the cooked rice, stir, and cook for 1 minute or until heated through.
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Serve with cilantro and lime wedges on the side.
Nutrition
- Calories: 205.39kcal
- Fat: 2.43g
- Saturated Fat: 0.42g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.19g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.63g
- Carbohydrates: 42.03g
- Fiber: 4.20g
- Sugar: 2.22g
- Protein: 4.57g
- Sodium: 432.11mg
- Calcium: 35.03mg
- Potassium: 311.12mg
- Iron: 1.46mg
- Vitamin A: 29.15µg
- Vitamin C: 12.41mg
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