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One-pan Mexican-style spiced rice recipe

One-pan Mexican-style spiced rice recipe

75 ratings

Created by The Tesco Real Food team

One-pan is all it takes to make this Mexican-style spiced rice. A mixture of bacon and chipotle paste stirred through the rice gives it the dish a real savoury smack. See method

  • Serves 4
  • 5 mins to prepare and 25 mins to cook
  • 316 calories / serving
  • Dairy-free

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 rashers streaky bacon, roughly chopped
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 celery stick, finely chopped
  • 2 mixed peppers, deseeded and sliced
  • 200g long-grain rice, rinsed
  • 400g tin chopped tomatoes
  • ½ reduced-salt chicken stock cube, made up to 225ml
  • 1 tbsp chipotle chilli paste
  • 1 red chilli, sliced and deseeded (if you like)
  • 15g fresh coriander, roughly chopped
  • 1 lime, cut into wedges to serve
White rice can always be swapped for brown (check cooking instructions for timings)

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    1335kj
    316kcal     16%

  • Fat

    9g 13%

  • Saturates

    3g 14%

  • Sugars

    9g 10%

  • Salt

    1.3g 21%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 53g Protein 8.8g Fibre 2.4g

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large, lidded frying pan over a medium-high heat and add the bacon. Fry for 3-5 mins until golden and cooked through, then transfer to a plate using a slotted spoon, leaving the oil in the pan.
  2. Add the onion, garlic, celery and peppers to the pan and cook for 5 mins. Add the rice, tomatoes and stock. Bring to the boil, then cover, reduce the heat and simmer for 15-18 mins, until the rice is tender.
  3. Stir the bacon and chipotle paste through the rice; season to taste. Divide between 4 plates, garnish with the chilli and coriander and serve with the lime wedges to squeeze over.

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