Name: Mexican red rice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 vine-ripened tomatoes; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 400 gm long-grain rice (2 cups); 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped; 400 ml warm chicken stock or water; 120 gm frozen baby peas (1 cup); To serve: coriander leaves

Mexican red rice

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Mexican red rice

Serves 6

Prep

15M

Cook

40M

Total

55M

Ingredients

2 vine-ripened tomatoes

2 tbsp sunflower oil

400 gm long-grain rice (2 cups)

1 onion, finely chopped

1 clove of garlic, finely chopped

400 ml warm chicken stock or water

120 gm frozen baby peas (1 cup)

To serve: coriander leaves

Method

Main

1.Preheat oven to 180C. Place tomatoes on an oven tray and roast for 10 minutes or until soft. When cool enough to handle, peel and finely chop. Set aside.

2. Heat oil in a large heavy-based saucepan over medium heat, add rice and onion and cook for 10 minutes or until rice is brown. Add garlic, cook for another minute, add tomato and stir through, then add stock and cook, covered, over low heat for 15 minutes. Scatter over peas, cover and stand for 5 minutes. Stir and serve scattered with coriander.

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