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Easy Homemade Spanish Rice

Servings: 1 9x13 pan
Author: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Melt butter with olive oil in a big frying pan or stock pot.  Add vegetables (I was out of celery and the other stuff and only had onion and it was still good!) and sauté until tender.  Add rice, stir 1 minute.
  • Add the following ingredients:  bone broth, tomato paste, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and spices.
  • This will look like there’s a lot of liquid, but it will soak up as it bakes.
  • Bake at 375* in a buttered glass bowl or 9 x 13 glass baking dish.  This takes a while to bake so the rice gets done, for the rice I linked to above and in my oven this takes 1.5-2 hours for the rice to soften, so plan ahead.  (Check it after an hour and a half and if the rice is soft, just keep it in a warm oven until you're ready to eat.)  When it's almost done, throw on the cheese to melt if you want it extra dreamy — it's not shown with cheese in the picture, but we almost always add the cheese!
  • *Add meat to make into a main dish!  Just brown it in a skillet first, breaking it into small pieces, and then stir into the rice mixture before putting it into the baking pan.
  • Serve with sour cream on top if desired — it's so good with this dish.
  • This comes out very moist and flavorful!