Healthy Homemade Mexican Rice 🍚🌮

🍚🌮Healthy Homemade Mexican Rice (Dairy Free, Gluten Free)

🙈DON’T YOU DARE buy that boxed “Rice A Roni” Mexican rice that’s full of sugar, fake flavors, & other naughty ingredients!

🙌This rice is seriously SO good, SO easy & made with simple, wholesome ingredients ❤️ This may not be considered “authentic” to some, but I think it’s DELISH & it’s just how I make mine. It’s packed nutrients and better for you ingredients 🙌💕

👩🏻‍🍳INGREDIENTS:

1 tbsp olive oil 🫒

1 small onion, diced 🧅

2 tsp garlic, minced 🧄

1/2 red bell pepper, diced

1 small jalapeño, seeded and finely diced

1 cup uncooked brown or jasmine rice 🍚

1/2 tsp cumin

Salt, to taste 🧂

8 oz. organic tomato sauce 🥫

1 cup organic chicken broth

Handful finely chopped cilantro

👩🏻‍🍳INSTRUCTIONS:

Heat oil in a large saucepan/wok over medium-hight. Add the onions, garlic, bell pepper, and jalapeño. Sauté for 1-2 minutes. Add the rice & saute about 2 minutes. Add spices, tomato sauce & broth. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer until rice is cooked all the way through, about 15 minutes (mixing occasionally). Toss in a handful of cilantro, fluff up the rice, & dig in!

Macros Per 1/4 cup cooked rice:

103 cals

0 fat

22g carbs

3g protein

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