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Spanish brown rice in a black bowl with a wooden spoon and sprigs of cilantro in background
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📋 Easy Spanish Brown Rice recipe

This Easy Spanish Brown Rice is super quick and simple to make using cooked rice (leftover brown rice or instant rice.) Made with tomatoes, onion, garlic and peas, it has a Mexican twist. It's a flavorful side dish that's perfect for your Cinco de Mayo celebrations or any time you have leftover brown rice to use up!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine spanish
Keyword brown rice, rice, spanish
Special Diet meatless
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 171kcal
Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 3 cups cooked brown rice
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 2 large tomatoes, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon oregano
  • ½ teaspoon tumeric
  • 1 cup peas *I use frozen

Garnish

  • fresh cilantro
  • fresh lime
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Instructions

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  • In a large skillet with a lid, heat the olive oil over medium heat, then add the onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes.
    onion and garlic in skillet with olive oil
  • Add diced tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes longer.
    tomatoes added to frying pan with onion and garlic, with a black spatula
  • Add the ground tomato paste, cumin, turmeric, and dried oregano.
    tomato paste and spices added to the skillet, with black spatula
  • Add the cooked rice, peas, and chicken stock. Turn up the heat to high for a minute or two, then lower the heat to simmer.
    peas and rice added to tomato mixture in pan
  • Cover and cook for 5-7 minutes or until liquid is completely absorbed.
    cooked spanish brown rice, with liquid absorbed, in skillet with black spatula

Garnish

  • Garnish with fresh cilantro and fresh lime. * I recommend squeezing fresh lime over this rice before serving.
    Spanish brown rice in a black bowl with a wooden spoon and sprigs of cilantro in background

Notes

 
Nutrition Facts
📋 Easy Spanish Brown Rice recipe
Amount Per Serving (0.5 cup)
Calories 171 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 1mg0%
Sodium 107mg5%
Potassium 325mg9%
Carbohydrates 31g10%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 150IU3%
Vitamin C 9mg11%
Calcium 41mg4%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
 

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 171kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 107mg | Potassium: 325mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 150IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 2mg