Simple Spanish Rice recipe

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Ingredients

¼ cup vegetable oil
1 ½ cups instant rice
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (11 ounce) can vegetable juice (such as V8®)
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
½ cup water
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Nutrition Info

359.1 calories
carbohydrate: 51.5 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 14.5 g
fiber: 4.4 g
protein: 5.8 g
saturatedFat: 2.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 1270.2 mg
sugar: 13.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir rice, onion, and bell pepper in hot oil until the vegetables are slightly tender and rice is lightly browned, 7 to 10 minutes.

  2. Stir diced tomatoes, vegetable juice, tomato sauce, water, sugar, lemon juice, salt, and pepper into the rice mixture. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes more.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

This is something my grandmother used to make, but she never used a recipe. It took me a long time to figure out just what she did. I think this is as close to hers as it gets. It's just a simple rice side dish, but if you add a pound of cooked ground beef or chicken you can serve it as a meal. I hope you enjoy.

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