Easy Mexican Rice w/ Bacon
Easy Mexican Rice w/ Bacon

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, easy mexican rice w/ bacon. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Easy, fast, simple, step by step MEXICAN RICE RECIPE/ Receta facil de Arroz rojo paso a paso. Take Taco Tuesday to the next level with this fluffy, homemade Mexican rice. Just a teaspoon of onion salt and ground cumin with tomato sauce bring this traditional Latin dish to.

Easy Mexican Rice w/ Bacon is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Easy Mexican Rice w/ Bacon is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook easy mexican rice w/ bacon using 6 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Mexican Rice w/ Bacon:
  1. Take 1/2 lb bacon
  2. Make ready 1 medium yellow onion- diced
  3. Make ready 1 cup medium to long grain white rice
  4. Get 1 1/2 tsp chili power
  5. Make ready 1 can Rotel Tomatoes
  6. Get 1 2/3 cup (approximately) water

I'm Amanda. a wife, mother of two rambunctious kiddos, photography nerd, and bacon lover! I believe that gourmet meals should be something we. This was perfect and so easy. After rice was cooked, added a cup of frozen mixed veggies and some dried parsley.

Instructions to make Easy Mexican Rice w/ Bacon:
  1. Dice the bacon & fry in skillet until crispy
  2. Remove cooked bacon but leave the bacon grease. You may need to remove some of the bacon grease, you only want enough to coat the rice & onion
  3. Add diced onion and rice to bacon grease
  4. On medium heat brown the rice to a golden brown. Stirring to brown as evenly as possible
  5. Add chili powder, stir in and let cook a few minutes, the longer you let it heat the more depth to the flavor.
  6. Add Rotel Tomatoes - undrained
  7. Add water - about 1 2/3 cup since the Rotel has about 1/3 cup liquid
  8. Bring to a boil, cover and lower heat to simmer until liquid is absorbed and rice is done. About 20 minutes
  9. Sprinkle crispy bacon on top and serve
  10. Enjoy!

I didn't have lard so used a little bacon fat instead. Red rice is one of the staples of both Mexican and Spanish cuisines and a delicious side to many savory dishes. Learn how to make your own at home. It's easy to make and substitutions are simple if you don't have all of the exact ingredients listed on hand (see notes at end of recipe). See great recipes for Mexican Rice, Mom's Mexican Rice too!

So that is going to wrap it up for this special food easy mexican rice w/ bacon recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I am sure that you will make this at home. There’s gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!