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    Mexican Rice Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Mexican Rice Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Spanish rice made with garlic, rice, onions, tomatoes which taste absolutely delicious.

    Mexican Rice
     

    Mexican Rice

    A Mexican Rice dish that is perfect for Mexican inspired lunch. This is also known as Spanish rice in US. Traditionally this is served as a side dish for any Mexican food. But I made this as a main dish for today’s lunch.

    Ingredients for Mexican Rice
    • Long grain rice-1 cup
    • Peas-½ cup
    • Sweet corn-½ cup
    • Tomato puree-1 cup
    • Garlic-4 cloves minced
    • Capsicum-½ chopped
    • Cumin seeds-1 tsp
    • Red chilli powder-1 tsp
    • Salt to taste
    • Olive oil-1 tblpsn
    • Vegetable Stock / Water-2 cup
    • Coriander leaves for garnishing

    How to Make Mexican Rice

    1. Heat oil in a pan and add in garlic, cumin seeds, onions, capsicum and saute for 2 min.
    2. Add peas, sweet corn and mix well.
    3. Season with salt. Add in rice and fry for few min.Throw in red chilli powder.
    4. Pour in the stock or water. Add in Tomato puree and mix well. 
    5. Let it cook till the rice absorbs all stock or water.
    6. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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    Mexican Rice Recipe | Spanish Rice Recipe

    Mexican Rice Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Spanish rice made with garlic, rice, onions, tomatoes which taste absolutely delicious.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings

    Ingredients

    • Long grain rice-1 cup
    • Peas-½ cup
    • Sweet corn-½ cup
    • Tomato puree-1 cup
    • Garlic-4 cloves minced
    • Capsicum-½ chopped
    • Cumin seeds-1 tsp
    • Red chilli powder-1 tsp
    • Salt to taste
    • Olive oil-1 tblpsn
    • Vegetable Stock / Water-2 cup
    • Coriander leaves for garnishing

    Instructions

    • Heat oil in a pan and add in garlic, cumin seeds, onions, capsicum and saute for 2 min.
    • Add peas, sweet corn and mix well.
    • Season with salt..Add in rice and fry for few min.Throw in red chilli powder.
    • Pour in the stock or water. Add in Tomato puree and mix well..
    • Let it cook till the rice absorbs all stock or water.
    • Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot..
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    Mexican Rice Step by Step

     
    Ingredients
     
     
    Saute garlic, cumin, onion, capsicum, sweet corn, peas
     
     
    Add in rice, chilli powder, tomato puree and water
     
     
    let it boil
     
     
     
    All cooked
     
     
     
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    1. Ms.Chitchat

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      Loved the easy and quick recipe. Appreciate ur illustrative clicks.

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    2. Usha

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      Colorful and flavorful rice!

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    3. harini-jaya

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      super easy and flavorful!!

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    4. Jayashree

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      A perfect one pot meal.

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    5. Mélange !

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      Wow..it's a quick fix...loved the recipe.distinctly flavoured I guess !

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    6. Belinda @zomppa

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      A classic yum!

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    7. Priya

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      Flavourful and delicious rice, simply inviting..

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    8. Suma Gandlur

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      Simple and quick!

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    9. Archana Vivek

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      Love these.For a long time i wanted to know how to make Spanish rice. This is good one.

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    10. Sharmilee! :)

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      This one sounds very flavourful n tempting too

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    11. Teresa Blackburn

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      I really like the timbale presentation of your delicious sounding Mexican Rice Dish. Lovely.

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    12. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

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      My favorite 🙂

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    13. Crepes of Wrath

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      Beautiful presentation!

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    14. fickley

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      Tried it today. N It turned out to be simply delicious. Thank you dear. Keep doing the good work 🙂

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    15. chansara

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      This was a really great contest and hopefully I can attend the next one. It was alot of fun and I really enjoyed myself.. Thai Food Recipes

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