Grammy's Kitchen · Spanish Rice · Mexican Rice Recipe (Easy and Flavorful)
One of 60 spanish rice recipes we measured
from downshiftology.com
80 cooks on downshiftology.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 60.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 130% | 195% |
| fat | 7% | 14% |
| vegetables and beans | 155% | 70% |
| aromatics | 84% | 23% |
| salt | 0% | 2% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 150 g | 1 small onion (diced) |
| 6 g | 2 garlic cloves (minced) |
| 60 g | 1/2 red bell pepper (diced) |
| 15 g | 1 small jalapeno pepper (seeded and finely diced) |
| 185 g | 1 cup long grain white rice |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon cumin |
| kosher salt (to taste) | |
| 227 g | 8 ounces tomato sauce |
| 240 g | 1 cup vegetable or chicken broth |
| optional: finely chopped cilantro for garnish |
Method: 5 steps, published by downshiftology.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“First time trying this..oh so delicious!!! It had the perfect balance of seasonings. Served it as a side to the fajita marinated chicken thighs, which were also delish! My husband agreed, we can make this one again! Thank you Lisa for all of your great tastin” — a cook, 5.0★
“Lisa!! I don’t know how you do it, but I’ve never made a recipe I didn’t absolutely love! This recipe was chefs kiss! I didn’t have a can of tomato sauce so I used one large beef steak tomato and tomato paste! It was absolutely divine. Thank you so much for al” — a cook, 5.0★