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Restaurant Style Mexican Rice

This post was last updated on September 19, 2024 at 3:57 pm

April 4, 2020 by Tamara J. 3 Comments

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Achieve Restaurant Style Mexican Rice in under 30 minutes in the comfort of your own home! Delicious fluffy rice, made with the perfect seasonings and spices; just like your favorite Mexican restaurant!

This rice is the perfect side dish to go with these homemade chalupas or these Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas!

Mexican Rice

Why you will love this mexican rice recipe

At a Mexican restaurant it is not uncommon to ask for double rice, hold the beans! The rice is seriously the best part. It only made sense to learn how to perfect the recipe.

One of the best parts about this recipe is that you can whip it up in under 30 minutes. 

Even better, the Mexican rice has a super authentic flavor thanks to the Knorr Tomato Chicken Bouillon and other spices.

Most often, you can find ground cumin, oregano, and some sort of chili powder in Mexican dishes. With this rice, the Knorr provides most of the flavor

Mexican Rice

Ingredients for Mexican rice recipe: 

  • Long grain rice: it is important to get long grain rice, Jasmine rice or Basmati rice will work as well.
  • Mixed vegetables: get frozen mixed vegetables. It is optional, but highly recommended!
  • Chopped onion: finely dice an onion to add in for extra flavor.
  • Seasonings:
    • Knorr Tomato Chicken Bouillon-- this is a MUST!
    • Garlic powder
    • Ground cumin
  • Squeeze of lime: the fresh lime juice gives the Mexican rice the perfect amount of zest.

How to make make Mexican rice nice and fluffy: 

One important step to take when making any rice, is to rinse it first. Rinsing the rice helps get some of the starch off it. Starch in rice is the main reason why rice becomes sticky and clumpy. This kind of rice is popular in Asian dishes. 

Another important step is to saute the rice in hot oil. Sauteing the rice prior to adding the water helps it stay separated while cooking. Once the rice is sauteed in the oil, then add the vegetables- including the onion, and all of the seasonings. 

Lastly, add the water.After adding in the water, stir it all up and bring it to a light boil. When it begins to boil, turn the heat to low and put the lid on the pan. Let this simmer away with the lid on, low heat for about 12-15 mins. After 12-15 minutes, remove the pan from the heat and let is sit, covered up for at least five minutes. 

Mexican Rice

Pro-tips for making the perfect rice: 

DO NOT open the lid while the rice is cooking. Furthermore, do not stir the rice while it's cooking. Even after you remove the pan from the heat- let it sit for at least 5 minutes.

This step allows the rice to continue cooking and absorb any more moisture from the liquids. 

Finally, remove the lid and fluff it with a fork. Fluff it, don't stir! Fluffing (that word is weird), anyway, fluffing the rice will help separate  each piece. 

Serve the rice as a side dish to go with your favorite taco recipe, flautas, or any other Mexican entree!

📖 Recipe

Restaurant Style Mexican Rice

Achieve Restaurant Style Mexican Rice in under 30 minutes in the comfort of your own home! Delicious fluffy rice, made with the perfect seasonings and spices; just like your favorite Mexican restaurant!
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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Course: Mexican Inspired
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: mexican rice
Servings: 6 -8 servings
Calories: 125kcal
Author: Tamara J.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups White long grain rice
  • 1 ½ tablespoon Olive oil
  • ¼ medium Onion diced
  • 1 cup Mixed vegetables frozen
  • ½ tablespoon Ground cumin
  • 2 tablespoons Chicken with tomato flavor bouillon Knorr brand
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
  • 4 cups Water
  • 1 squeeze of Lime

Instructions

  • Using a fine mesh strainer, rinse the rice thoroughly under water. Heat the oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat.
  • Add the rice into the hot oil and saute for 5 minutes, stirring constantly so it doesn't burn. Next add all of the vegetables, onion, and all of the seasonings.
  • Stir the rice to combine it all. Gently pour in the water and give it one final stir to evenly distribute the seasonings.
  • Bring the water to a slight boil and then turn the heat down to low. Add the lid and continue to simmer for 12-15 minutes.
  • Once the time is up, immediately remove the rice from the heat. Keep the lid on and allow the rice to sit for at least 5 minutes without touching it.
  • Squeeze the lime into the rice and then fluff it up by using a fork.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 98mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g
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  1. Tina says

    October 18, 2022 at 1:13 pm

    5 stars
    So tasty

    Reply
  2. Fatima Torres says

    April 04, 2020 at 8:49 pm

    I love making yellow rice at home. Never thought to use the Knorr Tomato Chicken Bouillon. I'll have to look for it at Publix.

    Reply
    • Tamara J. says

      April 06, 2020 at 5:40 pm

      It definitely gives this rice a very authentic flavor!

      Reply

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