This recipe can be used for so many dishes.  Breakfast burritos, tacos, grilled chicken etc… Isabella loves to have a small bowl for a snack. 

My favorite…squeezing fresh lemon juice to add a little kick!

Ingredients

1 –  15 oz can tomato sauce, I like to use Contadina

2 cups basmati or jasmine rice

2-3 tablespoons Knorr chicken flavor bouillon

¼ cup vegetable oil

2 cups filtered water

salt and pepper

Now let’s get to cookin’!

In a large saucepan on medium heat, add the vegetable oil.  The bottom of your saucepan should have a nice even layer of oil.  Once the oil is heated, slowly add the rice.  Brown the rice until it becomes a nice golden color, 3-5 minutes.  Stirring frequently as you don’t want the rice to burn.  Trust me when I say, I have burnt rice many a times!  Silly me!

Using a measuring cup, measure 1 cup tomato sauce and 1 cup water into a bowl.  While using the measuring cup, slowly add 1 cup water to the rice; stir as you pour.  Stand back a little from the stove and don’t get your hand to close to the pan.  Steam will rise and you don’t want to burn your hand.  Now pour in the tomato and water mixture.  Stir until mixed well.  I like to add water to the tomato sauce can so that I don’t waste any sauce.  Pour the remaining tomato sauce into the rice mixture.

Add the Knorr chicken bouillon, salt and pepper and mix well.  Continue to cook the rice on medium heat until it reaches a boiling point.  You will notice little bubbles in the middle of the pan.  Lower the heat to simmer and cover the rice with a lid.  Wrapping the lid with a kitchen towel and then covering will help create a nice fluffy rice.  Cook for about 25-30 minutes or until rice is nice and fluffy.

You can get creative and add vegetables to this dish.  I will sometimes add chopped tomatoes, carrots, corn, peas and onion.  Most of the time my grandmother made this recipe as described above.  My father is kinda picky, so she would often times scoop out a little onto the side and then add the vegetables.

If you only wanted to make a small portion of rice use the following ingredients: 1 cup rice, 1 8oz can tomato sauce and 1 cup water.  Cut back on the oil and bouillon.

A helpful kitchen hint…don’t wash or soak the rice before cooking, it just doesn’t work here at all!

Enjoy and Happy Cooking Friends!

Yours Truly with Love and Peace in my Heart,

G-