How to Prepare Favorite Mom's Mexican Rice

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mom's mexican rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mom's Mexican Rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Mom's Mexican Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mom's mexican rice using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mom's Mexican Rice:

1. Get 1-2 cups Minute Rice - white grain
2. Take 1/4 onion
3. Get 1 teaspoon garlic
4. Prepare 1/4 green bell pepper
5. Prepare 1/2 can tomato sauce - (or tomato paste - full can)
6. Make ready to taste salt
7. Take to taste pepper
8. Make ready 1 teaspoon sugar
9. Take 2-3 tablespoons butter

Instructions to make Mom's Mexican Rice:

1. Per Mom = I put butter in a medium pan that has a lid to cover it. Melt butter and add chopped onions, chopped bell pepper and minced garlic. Stir till onions are clear. Next add rice stir till it starts to turn brown. Add tomato sauce and then add water to cover the rice. Add salt and pepper and sugar. Let the mixture come to a full boil. COVER and then remove - wait 5 minutes and it should be done.
2. Per Marissa = ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS ARE APPROXIMATE. Sometimes I add an entire bell pepper, sometimes, I don't use one at all. Also, when I first made this, I was confused by the rice turning brown, but now I know it's when it starts getting a little puffy AND turning brown.
3. Literally, the easiest recipe of all time

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