Spicy Spanish Style Rice Recipes

SPICY AMERICAN SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir rice in the melted butter until rice is lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir bell pepper and onion into rice and cook until bell pepper is softened and onion is translucent, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Break the ground beef into the rice mixture; cook and stir until beef is completely browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir tomato sauce and diced tomatoes into ground beef mixture. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.

SPICY SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a greased 2-qt. baking dish, combine rice, onion, olives, cumin, tomatoes, water and oil. Cover and bake 45 minutes. , Stir in cheese. Bake, uncovered, 10-15 minutes longer or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed. Stir in cilantro if desired.

SPICY SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the onion for 5 mins until soft. Add the pork and fry a few mins to brown it a little.
• Tip in the garlic, rice and paprika, stirring briefly. Stir the saffron into the bouillon, then pour this in as well. Add the pepper, cover the pan, reduce the heat and simmer for 25 mins before mixing in the beans. Cover and cook for 10 mins more.
• Add the prawns, cover again and cook for 2 mins until the rice has absorbed all the liquid. Stir in the parsley and serve with lemon wedges.

SPICY SPANISH-STYLE RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a pot over medium-low heat. Stir rice, jalapeno, green onion, and garlic together in the melted butter until rice is completely coated with butter. Add chili powder, cumin, salt, chipotle chile powder, and cayenne pepper; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir chicken stock and tomato sauce into rice mixture. Bring to a simmer, cover the pot, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 20 minutes. Turn heat off and leave pot covered on the burner for 8 minutes. Remove cover and fluff rice with a fork.

GUY'S SPICY SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Heat the grill or broiler to high.
• Arrange the red bell, poblano, jalapeno, serrano and corn on the grill or under the broiler. Char, turning frequently, until the peppers have blistered and corn is starting to brown slightly. The smaller peppers will finish first, as they do, transfer to a small paper bag and close. Let the peppers sweat and cool, then remove the seeds and skin and dice. Cut the corn kernels from cob. Add the peppers and corn to a small bowl and stir to combine. Set aside.
• In a large Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, yellow bell pepper and chayote. Saute until just starting to caramelize. Season with salt, pepper and cayenne. Stir in the garlic and rice and saute for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chicken stock, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Stir in prepared peppers and corn, the olives, black beans and tomatoes. Cook until the rice is tender, about 6 to 8 minutes.
• Turn off the heat, add the cilantro and adjust seasonings, if necessary. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve immediately.

SPICY SPANISH PORK CHOPS AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Sprinkle salt and pepper on pork chops.
• Brown pork chops in 2 tbl of the butter in a sautee pan.
• Remove pork chops from pan and set aside.
• Add remaining 2 tbl of butter to pan.
• Add orzo and sautee until slightly browned.
• Add rice to pan, stir and remove from heat.
• Pour rice on the bottom of a lightly greased 13x9 baking dish.
• Place pork chops on top of rice.
• Scatter sliced onions and peppers over the pork chops.
• Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl and pour over pork chops.
• Cover baking dish with foil.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes until rice is done.

SPICY MEXICAN RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a deep lidded frying pan. Cook the onion, garlic, chilli and pepper for 10 minutes until starting to soften. Stir in the basmati, then cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring all the time.
• Mix in the chipotle paste and cook, stirring for a couple of minutes until fragrant, then tip in the tomatoes and stock, and stir well.
• Bring to a simmer then turn the heat down to low, put on a lid and cook for 15 minutes or until the rice is tender and cooked through. Stir through the coriander and serve with lime wedges for squeezing.