Rice Cooker Spanish Rice

Rice Cooker Spanish Rice

from apeachyplate.com
45 min

Learn how to cook fluffy and flavorful Spanish rice in the rice cooker.  Spanish rice is a delicious tomato based rice pilaf with garlic, onions and savory spices. This recipe is super simple, just add the ingredients to your rice cooker and stir, then hit the start button—you’ll have a delicious side dish on the table with minimal effort!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Jasmine rice (Or long grain rice. Use US measuring (dry) cup )
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 cup canned diced tomatoes with sauce
  • 1/4 cup onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Directions

  1. 1

    Rinse rice in a mesh strainer. Make sure to shake out excess water well.

  2. 2

    Add the rice to the pot, along with the chicken broth, diced tomato sauce (do not drain the sauce), garlic, onion, butter and seasoning. Stir the ingredients together.

  3. 3

    Set rice cooker to cook or start (depending on the cooker functions) and walk away!

  4. 4

    When done, fluff with a fork and serve.