HOW TO MAKE RED MEXICAN RICE RECIPES

Steps:

• Grate tomatoes into a bowl using a box grater; discard tomato skins.
• Heat vegetable oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat and cook onion until translucent, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Stir garlic into onion and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir rice into onion mixture and cook, stirring often, until rice is lightly toasted, about 3 more minutes. Stir grated tomato, chicken broth, and tomato sauce into the rice. Bring mixture to a boil.
• Mix in jalapeno pepper, cilantro, and salt; reduce heat to low. Cover skillet and simmer until rice has absorbed the liquid, about 15 minutes. Do not lift the cover while the rice is cooking.
• Turn off heat and let rice stand covered for 8 minutes. Fluff with a fork before transferring rice to a serving dish.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pot over medium to medium-high heat and add peppers, onions, garlic, and carrots if using, season with salt and pepper and spices, soften a couple of minutes, then add rice, stir a minute more, add broth, bring to boil, reduce heat to low and cover pan, cook 10 minutes, shaking occasionally
• Add peas and tomato sauce, stir, cover and cook 5 to 8 minutes more until rice is tender, remove from heat and let stand covered 5 minutes, then add juice of 1 lime and cilantro or parsley