# Mexican Rice

This video teaches how to make a beautiful, fluffy, and flavorful Mexican rice that is not doing too much.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups long grain rice
- oil
- 0.25 onion
- 1 tomato
- 6 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- 0.5 tbsp tomato paste
- 2.5 cups water

## Instructions

1. Add some oil to a hot skillet over medium heat.
2. Add in two cups of unwashed long grain rice.
3. Fry the rice until it's nice and golden brown, stirring often.
4. For the sauce, add a quarter of an onion to a blender.
5. Add one tomato, five to six garlic cloves, and salt.
6. Add one cup of water to the blender.
7. Blend until it's nice and smooth.
8. When your rice is ready, add tomato paste.
9. Mix the tomato paste into the rice.
10. Add the blended sauce to the pan.
11. Add two and a half cups of water to your blender to get any remaining flavor from the sauce.
12. Swirl it around and pour into your pan.
13. It should be three and a half cups of water total.
14. Bring that to a simmer.
15. Cover and reduce heat to low.
16. Set a timer for 15 minutes.
17. After 15 to 20 minutes, when the rice has evaporated and is nice and soft, give it a good fluff.

## Equipment

- pan
- blender

## Tips

- Do not burn the rice.
- Use a glass lid to see when the rice is almost done.
- For the sauce, 3.5 cups of water total should be used for the sauce. Three is not enough, four is too much.
- Do not touch the rice from the moment it is covered.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMd1muRzBWE/?igsh=dDV6ejJ4dHY4cWFy
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/137ce3b0-0784-45cc-a106-428cc792900b
- Extracted: 2025-07-24

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