Try This Quick and Easy Mexican Red Rice Recipe Today!
This Mexican Red Rice Recipe is perfect for your next fiesta! With a few simple ingredients and just a little bit of time, you can have this delicious side dish ready to go. This traditional Mexican dish of red rice is made with chorizo and tomatoes and is flavored with chilly, garlic, and paprika. It’s traditionally served in floury tortillas with some guacamole and a dollop of soured cream if you like.
Mexican Red Rice Recipe
Print RecipeIngredients
- 200 g long grain rice
- 100 g chorizo sausage
- 2 x 400 g tins chopped tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp. tomato puree
- 100 g each frozen sweetcorn and petit pois
- 200 mL chicken stock
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp. dried chilli flakes
- 1 tsp. caster sugar
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp. oil
Instructions
Finely dice the onion and mince the garlic cloves. Dice the chorizo sausage.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and add the chorizo sausage. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes, until it starts to release some oils. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring regularly, until soft.
Add the tomato puree and stir, cooking for 2-3 minutes, then stir in the tomatoes, sweetcorn, peas, bay leaf, chicken stock, crushed chillies, sugar and salt and pepper to taste.
Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and simmer for 30-40 minutes until the rice is tender. Leave to stand for 5 minutes before serving and remove the bay leaf.
Add in any mixed frozen veg that you like – petit pois and sweetcorn.
