Simple mexican rice
Procedure
Rinse rise in bowl, changing water until its clear. Leave in colinder to dry.
Start frying finely diced onion with oil on medium-high heat (7/10) until it softens up a bit. Add rice and garlic. Fry until rice is light golden color, mixing constantly.
Once golden add water, sofrito, salt, and cumin. Mix thoroughly until it starts boiling. Reduce to medium-low heat (3/10) and cover with lit. Leave covered to cook for 20 minutes (22 minutes if on induction stove).
Once done, fluff it a bit and serve warm.
Ingredients
1 cup | Long grain white rice | |
2 cups | Water | |
3 tbsp | Oil | 40 g |
½ | Medium onion, diced | |
2 cloves | Garlic, chopped | |
2 tbsp | Mexican sofrito | or 2 tsp granulated tomato bouillon |
3 g | Salt | |
0.5 g | Cumin |