Spanish Rice
This is a quick and easy side dish. I usually serve it with tacos or fajitas.
1 cup rice
2 cups water
1 can ( 16oz ) diced tomatoes
1/2 onion
1/2 pepper
Dice the onion and pepper.
Put the rice, onion and pepper into a skillet with a bit of oil and fry until onions are clear and rice is just browning.
Put rice, tomatoes, water, onion and pepper into a large microwave bowl. Cook for about 15 minutes.
Check every 3 or so minutes after until rice is tender and water is gone. Add more water if needed.
This is more of a US SouthWest dish than Spanish. A version is common to Mexico but does not have the onions, peppers and tomato chunks. A tomato paste is added instead.
This dish is clearly derived from Spanish Paella. Paella is a rice dish cooked in one pan with vegetables and meat, usually chicken. Meat is cooked first, then vegetables are added and finally the rice.
