Easy Spanish Rice

Spanish Rice Ingredients

This recipe calls for:
1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 Cup White Rice
1/2 Onion
3/4 Of A Green Bell Pepper
1 Can (1/2 oz.) Diced Tomatoes
1 Can (8 oz.) Tomato Sauce
1 and 1/2 Cups Warm Water
1 Beef Bouillon Cube
1 Teaspoon Chili Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Cumin Powder
1/8 Teaspoon Black Pepper

Spanish Rice Equipment

For this recipe you will need:
Sauce Pan
Measuring Cups
Measuring Spoons
Cutting Board
Can Opener
Wooden Spoon

First Step: Bouillon Cube and Vegetables

The first step is just getting everything ready. Chop up the bell pepper and onion. If you are worried that you don't have enough the bell pepper should fill a half cup and the onion should be a rounded cup.

Next dissolve the beef bouillon cube in 1 1/2 cups warm water. (don't boil the water just zap it in the microwave.)

Now in the sauce pan:
Heat 1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
then add and sauté 1 Cup White Rice

Continually stir this until the rice begins to slightly turn tan. Then immediately move on to the second step.

Second Step: Browning Rice

Now quickly add your bell pepper and onion. Continue to stir this until the rice is lightly browned and the pepper and onion are transparent (slightly clear). The pictures to the left should hopefully give you some preference.

Third Step: Spanish Rice Spices

Now add and stir into your rice:
1 Can Diced Tomatoes
1 Can Tomato Sauce
Bouillon Cube and Warm Water
1 Teaspoon Chili Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Cumin
1/8 Teaspoon Black Pepper

Place a lid on your rice and allow it to sit and simmer for 35 to 40 minutes. (Set your oven on low). The rice should not have any crunch, or hardness to it. If it does try cooking it a little longer.