Spanish Rice

Ingredients

• 1 cup uncooked Brown Basmati rice
• olive oil
• 2 med onions
• 1 red bell pepper
• 2 ribs celery
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 (15oz) can diced tomatoes w/ green chilies
• 1 (15oz) can beans (Navy, pink, pigeon peas, pinto or similar)
• 1 lb diced cooked ham
• 3 pkg Sazon Goya con cilantro y achiote
• Salt and pepper
• optional: corn, carrots, zucchini, black olives, shrimp, or chicken

Instructions

1. Cook the rice with water, salt, and olive oil.
2. While the rice is cooking sauté the onions, red pepper, celery, and garlic.
3. Add the tomatoes, beans, and ham.
4. When the rice is cooked mix it in, add the Sazon Goya and heat through.

Theory of the Dish

A Puerto Rican friend of mine taught me this recipe. Basically Spanish Rice is rice with tomatoes, onions, and garlic, everything after that is just embellishment. My friend recommended adding whatever canned beans you had on hand, and ham. She also used a whole container of onion flakes instead of fresh onion.