Step 1: Place chicken broth and 1 tablespoon salt in a small saucepan and bring to simmer.
Step 2: In another skillet
Step 3: Heat oil in heavy medium-size saucepan with lid over high heat.
Step 4: When very hot, add rice and sauté, stirring frequently, about 3 minutes until opaque
Step 5: Add onion jalapeno and garlic and stir 1 minutes until rice starts to turn golden and fragrant.
Step 6: Add tomato sauce stirring 1 minute.
Step 7: Add hot broth ,water by rinsing out tomato sauce can and salt to taste and bring to boil.
Step 8: Stir rice and garlic powder.
Step 9: Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 12 minutes. Quickly uncover and add peas and carrots to rice (they will sit in the center and you will mix in later). Cover and cook 3 more minutes.
Step 10: Uncover and gently mix rice to incorporate tomato sauce (it floats to the top) and vegetables.
Step 11: Cover and cook 2 more minutes.
Step 12: Turn off heat.
Step 13: And, this is very important: let rice stand, covered with towel wrapped around it to keep heat in 20 minutes
This page is built for your convenience in the kitchen.
If you want helpful tools, tips and recipes from our community of real cooks, please consider signing up.
Oh... And one more thing... We also have some pretty wild forums.