Mexican Rice
Mexican rice with peppers and kidney beans, delicately spiced with cajun spices.
Ingredients:
- 240g / 8oz Pre cooked cold boiled rice
- 60g /2oz Precooked kidney beans
- 60g /2oz Precooked Sweet corn
- 60g /2oz Finely diced mixed peppers red, green and yellow
- 1 small Finely diced red onion
- 1 tablespoon Finely chopped coriander leaves
- 1 medium boiled potato diced
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon White pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon Cumin powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Coriander powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon Paprika
- 1/2 tablespoon Olive oil
Method:
1. In a large pan add the oil, when it is hot saute the onions until they are translucent.2. Add the peppers and saute them for 2 minutes, next add the sweetcorn, kidney beans and diced potatoes and saute for another 3 minutes.3. Add the salt, white pepper,paprika, cumin powder, coriander powder, oregano and mix all the spices into the vegetable mixture.4. Add the rice to the vegetable mixture and toss gently for 3 minutes until all the vegetables are mixed in with the rice and it is warmed through.5. Transfer the rice to a serving bowl and garnish with the fresh coriander leaves.
Details
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I love Mexican rice, this seems very like chilli con carne - sounds great! x
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This looks and sounds really yummy, may have to try this out. Thanks for sharing. x
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ReplyDeleteThis looks so delicious, thank you for sharing. I've got to make this x
ReplyDeleteThis looks very tasty - might have to give this a try!
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