Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, mexican rice - arroz mexicano. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook mexican rice - arroz mexicano using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mexican Rice - Arroz Mexicano:

1. Get basmati rice (rinsed, soaked)
2. Prepare tomato sauce
3. Take vegetable broth
4. Make ready tomato (chopped)
5. Take scallions (roughly chopped)
6. Prepare garlic powder
7. Get ground cumin
8. Prepare ground coriander seeds
9. Get oregano
10. Prepare salt (or more to taste)
11. Prepare freshly ground pepper
12. Take extra virgin olive oil
13. Make ready serrano chile (minced; optional)

Instructions to make Mexican Rice - Arroz Mexicano:

1. Rinse the basmati rice with cool water until the water runs clear. Place in a large bowl with plenty of cool water and let soak for 30 minutes. Drain.
2. Heat olive oil over medium heat in large saucepan. Add rice and coat well with the oil. Toast for a few minutes until rice begins to brown.
3. Add fresh chopped tomato (and optional minced serrano). Sauté until tomato has softened.
4. Add the tomato sauce, broth and all the spices. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce to heat to low. Simmer on low for 15 minutes.
5. Test a grain to make sure it is cooked thoroughly. If need, extend cooking time by 2 minutes.
6. Once cooked through, open the lid and scatter chopped scallions evenly over the top of the rice. Replace the lid and let stand for 5 minutes.
7. Gently fluff the rice and mix the wilted scallions in well. Don't mix aggressively or the grains will mash. Let stand for a minimum of 5 minutes so excess moisture will evaporate.
8. Serve and enjoy! Goes great with thinly sliced scallions on top!

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