Name: Green Mexican Rice (Arroz Verde) Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups spinach; ¾ cup cilantro leaves; 1 Jalapeno; 3 cloves garlic; ¼ yellow onion; ¼ cup canola oil; 2 cups white rice; 3 cups chicken stock; ¾ tsp salt; 1 tbsp lime juice

How To Make Green Mexican Rice (Arroz Verde)

Spice up your usual plain rice with our Arroz Verde or Green Mexican Rice recipe made more delicious and slightly spicy with jalapeno, garlic, and cilantro!

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2cupsspinach,or cooked kale, or chard
¾cupcilantro leaves,(½ bunch)
1jalapeno,deveined, deseeded
3clovesgarlic
¼yellow onion,(brown onion)
¼cupcanola oil
2cupswhite rice,long grain
3cupschicken stock,or water
¾tspsalt,(1 tsp if water is used)
1tbsplime juice

Instructions

Add the spinach, cilantro, jalapeno, garlic, onion, salt, and lime to a food processor and process until it looks like chimichurri sauce waiting for the oil, basically like a paste.
Add the oil to the dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot, and heat on medium-high.
Add the rice and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes until it starts to turn white, but not browning.
Add the stock and the spinach-cilantro mixture to the pot, stir, and turn down the heat to a low simmer.
Cook for 15 to18 minutes.
Check quickly for doneness, then turn off the heat, and let sit covered and undisturbed for another 5 minutes.