I recently made an entire Spanish meal all made from SCRATCH! I was extremely proud I even handmade the flour tortillas. Let’s just say dinner was a hit that night and the star actually wasn’t the tortillas, or the homemade sour cream, refried beans, or the homemade salsa; the star was the baked Spanish rice!
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I love that in this recipe you can adjust the level of heat to suit your preference. The fact that it’s baked means once it’s in the oven you can work on the other sides and the delicious tortillas. I’ve even made this where you can adjust the measurements of the recipe so you can make more or less! Even if you make too much you can throw it in your freeze dryer to save the rest of you baked Spanish rice for another time.
Baked Homemade Spanish Rice
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 Tomatoes cored and quartered or use 1 jar of home canned Tomatoes
- 1 onion, chopped coarse
- 3 jalapeno chilies, stemmed, divided can adjust to how spicy you like
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups long-grain white rice, rinsed
- 3-4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 1/2 tsp table salt
- 1/2 cup minced fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Process tomatoes and onion in food processor until smooth, about 20 secondsTransfer into 4 cup measuring cup and spoon off any extra to make mixture measure 2 cups. Remove seeds and ribs from jalapeños and discard; mince flesh and set asideIf you like spicy only remove the seeds from 2 jalapeños and leave one with seeds. Heat oil in dutch oven over medium-high heat for 2 minutes Drop 3 or 4 grains of rice into oil; if grains sizzle, oil is ready to use. Add rice and cook, stirring frequently, until light golden and translucent, 8-10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add garlic and 2 seeded jalapeños and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant about 2 minutes. Stir in tomato-onion mixture, broth, tomato paste, and salt and bring to a boil. Cover; transfer pot to oven; and bake until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, 30-40 minutes, stirring well after 15 minutes. Remove port from oven and fold in cilantro. Add in last jalapeños with seeds. Serve with fresh lime wedges.
Conclusion
Having a delicious home cooked meal doesn’t have to be extremely expensive. In fact I was able to pull this delicious and flavorful Baked Spanish Rice side with only a few dollars. This is a wonderful recipe to store in your recipe book for using that long-term stored rice.