This Easy Mexican Rice is light, fluffy, and flavorful! The best part is that everything gets tossed into the rice cooker, you walk away, and the magic happens in minutes.
Happy Friday, friends!!
Today, I am sharing my super easy no-fuss version of Mexican Rice. I have to say that even though I’m Latina, I’m not Mexican so my recipe might not be close to authentic, but I do know that it’s damn good. Plus, there’s barely any hands-on time involved here at all. The best kind of recipe, right?
The funny thing is that I’m actually not a rice-lover at all. Probably, this is because my mom adores rice and I ate rice day after day during my childhood, but over the years I have learned to enjoy it, especially when flavored. Another funny fact is that my kids have inherited my mom’s rice-lover gen, so just like my mom, I find myself whipping up several batches of rice per week.
This Mexican Rice is light, fluffy, and flavorful! And It’s a delicious accompaniment to just about anything.
The rice is truly flavorful because it simmers in a puree of tomatoes, onions, garlic, jalapeño and chicken stock so it really absorbs all of those delicious additional flavors.
How to Make Mexican Rice in a Rice Cooker.
The best part is that everything gets tossed into the rice cooker, you walk away, and the magic happens in minutes. Then you finish it up with a handful of cilantro, a few big squeezes of lime.
Just throw the rice and the veggie mixture into the rice cooker. The only thing you have to be aware of is measuring the liquid to rice ratio. I recommend using the measuring cup that comes with the rice cooker for the rice to turn out fluffy yet moist and tender.
To make this recipe I used the NEW Hamilton Beach 4-20 Cup Rice Cooker and Hot Cereal Maker. I loved it not just because it cooked my rice perfectly but it also makes everything from quinoa, faro, shrimp and grits to steamed salmon and veggies. Sounds awesome, right? Well… don’t forget to check out the giveaway at the end of this post.
We often serve alongside some carnitas, ribs, or oven fried chicken. I like to make a double batch of it so we have it to enjoy for a few days. It does keep well and reheats beautifully.
This Easy Mexican Rice is infinitely better than the one you get at Mexican restaurants. Hands down.
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This Easy Mexican Rice is light, fluffy, and flavorful! The best part is that everything gets tossed into the rice cooker, you walk away, and the magic happens in minutes.
- 3 cups long white rice (see notes)
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 3 Roma tomatoes ,chopped
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 jalapeno pepper ,seeded
- 1 medium yellow onion ,chopped
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 ½ cups frozen mixed vegetables (peas corn, and carrot) (optional)
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Place rice into the cooking pot.
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Place chicken stock, tomatoes, garlic, jalapeño, onion, tomato paste, salt and pepper into a blender and blend until all ingredients are well-chopped.
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Add mixture from the blender to the cooking pot with the rice. Add oil and frozen vegetable (if using) and mix to incorporate.
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Close the cooking pot and set the cooker on “white rice” mode. Hamilton Beach rice cooker takes 45 minutes.
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the Add cilantro and serve with lime wedges.
I used parboiled long grain rice.
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Hmm, if I had to pick a favorite flavored rice, I might go with something Indian. I love curry in rice. I like how Indian spices can give you a lot of flavor without bringing too much heat, lol. (I used to love heat, but these days my stomach rebels!!)
I love Mexican rice and coconut rice.
Spanish rice is my favorite flavored rice.
I like lemon rice.
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Spanish rice is my favorite.
I love buttered rice the most but my son makes a great cilantro lime rice as well!
That looks so delicious and is something I think my family would love! I will definitely pin for later! My favorite flavor of rice is definitely chicken flavored or spicy. They are favorites of mine!
I like the cilantro and lime flavored rice
I love Spanish rice.
Mexican rice is my favorite!
I like white rice. I like that I can add my own flavors to it to blend well with whatever else i am eating.
I like plain white rice with butter!
I love making Spanish Rice. So delicious!
I love a cilantro lime flavored rice! Delicious!!
I love chicken flavored rice the best.
Spanish rice is my favorite rice!
I love spanish rice.
Besides plain brown rice, I do enjoy a good Mexican rice! This looks delicious. Thank you for the giveaway
I love fried rice and also brown rice.
I like Rice Pilaf.
I like cilantro/lime rice
I like a chicken flavored rice.
There are some good rice pilaf mixes on the market. My favorite.
I LIKE a good Asian rice! yum 🙂
thanks!
Tomato Rice
I like cheese and broccoli rise and chicken fried rice.
I like vegetable fried rice.
I like Mexican Style Rice the best but also many others.
I really like saffron rice! we make it with some yummy chicken!
well spanish rice i love it
I love rice cooked with coconut milk, so rich and delicious.
I love hispanic rice (red). Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing giveaway.
I have travel lots of country but i listen about Mexican food among of the place. Among people like Mexican food. Thanks for sharing about Mexican kitchen.
So are you using regular measuring cups for this or the rice cup that is provided with cooker?
Hello I! Yes, I used the cup that comes with the cooker, but you can use any measuring cup as long as you keep the proportions. Thanks for your interest in my recipe. 🙂
These comments are not helpful. Did anyone actually make this rice?