Cheesy Mexican Rice
Created by NewbieCookTaylor on April 21, 2016
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 7-10m
- Recipe #23563
Ingredients
- 1 small yellow onion (fine chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (fine minced)
- 1 can (10 1/2 ounce chicken broth (1 1/3 cups)
- 1 cup salsa (Thick 'N Chunky Salsa)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper (to taste)
- Salt (to taste)
- 16 ounces dry instant rice (dry, 2 cups white, Minute Rice)
- 4 ounces Velveeta cheese (cut up, 1/4 pound)
How to Make
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Step 1: In a saucepan heat oil. Add onion in and cook until softened, 3 minutes. Add garlic, cook 1-2 minutes.
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Step 2: To same saucepan, add broth, salsa and pepper; bring to boil. Add in some salt. Simmer for 3-5 minutes.
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Step 3: Add in rice and Velveeta cheese cubest; cover. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir until prepared cheese product is melted.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (301.9 g)
- Calories 526.4
- Total Fat - 6.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.5 g
- Cholesterol - 15.9 mg
- Sodium - 1181 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 102.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.4 g
- Sugars - 3.6 g
- Protein - 13.3 g
- Calcium - 306.5 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg