Fiesta Rice

This rice dish looked like it was right up my alley -- unfortunately, I didn't particularly care for it.

I found it to be a little too spicy for my tastes (that could probably be remedied with a few ingredient changes, though!)

I may try it again...we'll see.

I served it as a side to some ground-turkey-taco's. THOSE were delicious! :-)

Fiesta Rice

(Misadventures with Tori)

*Warning: This recipe makes A LOT of rice -- Tori says 8 cups prepared -- so if you don't want leftovers, or aren't sure...I highly reccomend making half.

*Warning #2: Tori also says it took her forever to get her rice cooked. As I was short on time, I cooked up some quick-cooking (<10>

2 teaspoons olive oil (I omitted)

1 (10 oz.) package frozen whole-kernel corn, thawed (I omitted because of DH's aversion to corn as a filler in recipes)

1 tablespoon butter

1 cup chopped green onions

1 1/2 cups uncooked brown rice (I used half white and half brown quick-cooking rice)

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon minced garlic

2 cups fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth

1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

dash of salt

1 (14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes with chiles, undrained (I couldn't find that size, so I used 1.5 10 oz. cans)

1 (15 oz.) can black beans, drained and rinsed (Tori recommends -- even if you halve the recipe -- keep the entire can of black beans. I agree!)

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

Directions

- Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat

- Add corn to the pan, cook 10 minutes, or until corn starts to brown, stirring occassionally

- Remove from pan and set aside

- Melt butter in the pan, add onions and saute for 5 minutes or until tender

- Stir in rice, cumin, and garlic; cook 1 minute

- Add chicken broth, black pepper, salt, and diced tomatoes to pan; bring to a boil

- Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occassionally

- Remove from heat, stir in reserved corn and the black beans

- Cover and let stand 10 minutes

- Stir in cilantro and lime juice