Healthy Homemade Mexican Rice

Name: Healthy Homemade Mexican Rice
Cuisine: Mexican, Latin American, American
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 small onion diced; 2 garlic cloves minced; 1/2 red bell pepper diced; 1 small jalapeno seeded and finely diced; 1 cup jasmine rice; 1/2 tsp cumin; Salt, to taste (about 1/4 tsp); 8 oz. tomato sauce; 1 cup low sodium chicken broth; 2 tbsp finely chopped cilantro

5 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:58:57 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories236.7 kcal (12%)

Total Fat4.5 g (6%)

Carbs43.6 g (17%)

Sugars3.4 g (4%)

Protein5.6 g (11%)

Sodium174.1 mg (9%)

Fiber2.1 g (7%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

1 Tbspolive oil

0.5red bell pepper

diced

1jalapeno

small, seeded and finely diced

1 cupjasmine rice

½ tspcumin

¼ tspSalt

to taste

8 oztomato sauce

1 cuplow sodium chicken broth

2 Tbspcilantro

finely chopped

Instructions

Step 1

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-hight heat. Add the onions, garlic, bell pepper, and jalapeño. Sauté for 1-2 minutes, or until the onions become translucent.

Step 2

2. Add the rice and saute until it's lightly toasted and golden brown, about 2 minutes.

Step 3

3. Add in the cumin, salt, tomato sauce and chicken broth, then stir everything together.

Step 4

4. Bring the mixture to a boil, cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer until rice is cooked all the way through, about 15 minutes.

Step 5

5. Remove the rice from the heat and use a fork to fluff it up.