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Easy Mexican Rice

Foolproof fluffy Mexican rice recipe. Rice is cooked with onions, garlic, chicken stock and tomato sauce to create an authentic flavor with little effort.
4 from 8 votes
Course Side Dish
Servings 0

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion diced
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 1/2 c chicken stock
  • 1/2 c tomato sauce
  • 1 tbsp Better than Bouillon chicken base heaping
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 3 c Minute Rice

Instructions
 

  • Preheat a pot just under medium heat then add olive oil.
  • Cook diced onion for 10 minutes.
  • Add minced garlic and cook 2 additional minutes.
  • Add chicken stock, tomato sauce, kosher salt and Better than Bouillon chicken base. Stir and turn the heat to high.
  • Once boiling and chicken base is dissolved, add the rice.
  • Stir, remove from the heat and cover for 20 minutes.
  • Fluff, stir well and allow to sit for 30 additional minutes with the lid off.
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