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Restaurant-Style Mexican Brown Rice (Spanish Rice)
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Mexican Brown Rice
FAQ
Ginger and garlic both make for exceptional brown rice. If you're going the spice route we love turmeric, cumin, oregano, and smoked paprika with brown rice. Try adding some of these spices to the pot as you cook your aromatic vegetables. Cook in a flavorful liquid.
Mexican brown rice is the same as Mexican rice, but made with the wholegrain rather than white. It's also known as Spanish rice or tomato rice. This dish produces a lovely fluffy rice that's not only tasty, but is healthy too. It takes a while to cook, but hands on time is minimal.
Spanish rice has a firmer texture and stronger aroma compared to Mexican rice, it gets its sweet yet savory flavor as well as its golden color from saffron.
Frying the rice before hand makes the whole rice cooking process more forgiving. One can use more water and cook longer without turning the rice into a pasty mess. Also, the technique can assist in making rice more savory. For example sauteing onion or garlic in the oil before adding rice adds flavor.
Soaking grains helps to remove some of the naturally-occurring phytic acid in the grain, which helps improve digestibility and speed cook time. To soak: Add rice to a large mixing bowl or pot and cover with twice the amount of lukewarm water (1 cup rice + 2-3 cups water).