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The Perfect Side Dish for any Mexican Recipe. HOW TO MAKE EASY SPANISH RICE IN ONE POT
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Today's Recipe: https://catherinesplates.com/easy-spanish-rice/
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Today I'm going to show you how to make
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easy Spanish rice. This is the ultimate
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side dish that you can pair with any
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Mexican main dish. So, let's go ahead
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and get started. We are going to be kind
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of lightly browning our rice to give it
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a nice nutty flavor to it. I'm going to
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be measuring out 1 and 1/2 cups of
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uncooked white long grain rice. I'm
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going to put it into a strainer
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and then we'll rinse it under cold water
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a few times.
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That'll help get a lot of that starch
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off of the rice.
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All right, I'll be back.
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I'm going to bring a bowl over and I've
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just put some paper towels in and we'll
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put the rice inside there and just kind
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of pat it dry to get a lot of the excess
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water off.
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There we go.
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Just kind of pat it dry.
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Now, I'm going to be using a large deep
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skillet because we're making a lot of
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rice. I'm going to place it on a
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mediumigh heat
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and we're going to add in
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one tablespoon of some olive oil.
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That right across the top.
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What we're going to do is add in about
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half of an onion that I've chopped here.
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We're going to soften down the onions
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for about three to four minutes.
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Give them some nice color.
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Got to have that onion in there.
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But if you want to skip the onion step,
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you can do that.
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All right. What I'm going to do now is
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add in two teaspoon of minced garlic.
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One and two.
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Just stir that in for 1 minute to help
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release the flavors of the garlic.
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Now I am going to add another tablespoon
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of some cooking oil. And that's right
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before we add in the rice.
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And now what we're going to do is add in
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that one and 1/2 cups of rice that we
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rinsed and dried off a little bit.
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Now, we're going to toast the rice for
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about five minutes. So, watch your
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timer. Just push the rice around.
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We want to get it nice and
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coated with the oil.
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And we want to cook it just until it's
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lightly browned.
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It'll give it a nice nutty and toasty
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flavor to the rice and add a depth of
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flavor to the dish.
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You want to be continually stirring.
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And I like to flatten it out.
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And then stir again. And then just keep
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doing that. You can see the color of
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that rice changing. That looks good.
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Okay. You can see that the rice is nice
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and toasted.
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So, we're going to go ahead and add All
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right. Once my rice was nice and golden
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brown and nice and toasty, I went ahead
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and added in two cups of chicken broth,
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which you didn't see happen, but it did.
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There it is.
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And then what I've done is taken a jar
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of chunky salsa.
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It's got the tomatoes in it. It's got
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peppers in it. And it's just so yummy,
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right? It's a shortcut
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version
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of how they make Spanish rice.
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So, we're going to add that in.
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And then we're going to add in some taco
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seasoning. Now, you can take a pack of
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taco seasoning that you can get from
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your store and add one tablespoon to
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that. I'm using my homemade taco
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seasoning that I have right here, if you
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can see that.
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And you can find this recipe for a big
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batch taco seasoning on my recipe blog,
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catherine'splates.com.
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Look how pretty that looks. Yeah.
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All right, we're going to mix this
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together.
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till it's all combined.
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Oh, look at that. It smells delicious,
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you guys. It smells delicious.
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Now, you can control the salt that goes
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in here by your chicken stock. I'm using
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the low sodium. It's the 33% less. And
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then also, I have very minimal salt. in
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my taco seasoning. And that's what you
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can control also when you make your own
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taco seasoning is what goes in it. And
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this is perfect for us. All right.
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What we're going to do now is place a
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lid on.
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We're going to turn the heat down to
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low.
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And then we're going to simmer this for
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about 20 minutes until that rice is nice
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and tender and all the liquid has been
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absorbed.
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Oh, look at that you guys. Looks good.
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Oh, look at the textures to that.
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You can see the tomatoes in there, the
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peppers, the onions.
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It's nice and fluffy. Love it up. Look
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at that.
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Me grab a fork.
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Now, you can find this recipe for the
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Spanish rice on my channel,
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catherine'splates.com.
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Just search for Spanish rice. Also,
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where you can find the taco seasoning.
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It's called Big Batch Taco Seasoning.
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Let me give this a try.
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That's good, you guys. That's very
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delicious.
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Now, you can control the heat inside of
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your Spanish rice. I've used the medium
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chunky salsa. And if you want to get it
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milder, of course, just get the mild
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chunky salsa.
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All right, you guys. If you like my
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recipe for Spanish rice, the easiest
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recipe, right? Let me know down in the
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comments. Let me know also by giving me
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here are posted. I have a lot of Mexican
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and taco style dishes that would pair
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perfectly with this. So, you can even
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search for that also, so you can make
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you a big old meal. All right, you guys.
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I'll see y'all on the next episode. Bye.
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Yeah. Yeah.