Freda’s Spanish Rice
Created by dienia b on March 26, 2016
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Recipe #23225
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons bacon fat (can use butter or oil)
- 1/2 cup yellow onion, chopped
- 1/3 cup green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon celery, chopped
- 225 grams dry rice (whole grain brown, 1 cup dry)
- 3 cups water (boiling)
- 1/3 cup tomato sauce (or can use 3 tablespoons tomato paste)
- 1 teaspoon salt
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat oil in a heavy skillet.
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Step 2: Saute onion, pepper, garlic and celery until tender. Do not brown.
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Step 3: Stir in rice, stirring until well mixed and rice is lightly browned.
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Step 4: Add water, tomato sauce and salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and cook over very low heat, covered, until rice is light and fluffy.
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Step 5: Stir lightly with a fork before serving.
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Step 6: Grains should be whole and firm.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (298 g)
- Calories 255.2
- Total Fat - 2.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.9 g
- Cholesterol - 6.6 mg
- Sodium - 901.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 51 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.8 g
- Sugars - 2.1 g
- Protein - 4.8 g
- Calcium - 26.6 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg