The jalapeno chillis give a lovely smokey but subtly spicy flavour and cooked in your Yum Asia rice cooker makes it even easier! A great side dish which is vegetarian and vegan – best of all your leftovers can be used the next day to make ‘Mexican fried rice’, just try in the same way you would normal cold rice and it’s s delicious twist to a lunchtime staple.
Put one cup of rice in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 10 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water and leave to drain.
Put a teaspoon of olive oil in a pan and fry the garlic, onion and jalapeno, once slightly browned add the rice and fry until it’s dried out and turning slightly golden.
3. Add the rice, garlic, onion and jalapeno to the rice cooker bowl and then pour the tomato juice on top. Stir well, add a shake of pepper and the stock cube and water. If necessary, top up with water to between the 1 and 2 cup line for white rice.
Close the lid and press ‘start’ (normal white rice setting)
When the cooking cycle is complete, lift the lid, it will look like the below photo and is a bit wet. Stir the rice to release the steam and moisture and leave on keep warm for at least 30 minutes – this will dry the rice out a little.
Ingredients
Directions
Put one cup of rice in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 10 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water and leave to drain.
Put a teaspoon of olive oil in a pan and fry the garlic, onion and jalapeno, once slightly browned add the rice and fry until it’s dried out and turning slightly golden.
3. Add the rice, garlic, onion and jalapeno to the rice cooker bowl and then pour the tomato juice on top. Stir well, add a shake of pepper and the stock cube and water. If necessary, top up with water to between the 1 and 2 cup line for white rice.
Close the lid and press ‘start’ (normal white rice setting)
When the cooking cycle is complete, lift the lid, it will look like the below photo and is a bit wet. Stir the rice to release the steam and moisture and leave on keep warm for at least 30 minutes – this will dry the rice out a little.
*If you want to, you can add a handful of frozen/fresh peas at the beginning of the cooking cycle to add extra flavour and colour.
Would this scale simply to make more? E.G 2 cups of rice, more tomato, add water up to the “3” mark?
Hi, yes this recipe scales really well to make more. We once made 8 cups worth of Mexican rice for a party and just scaled the recipe right the way up and it turned out perfectly!