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Slow Cooker Mexican Rice (Spanish Rice) – Have you ever wanted to know how easy it is to make restaurant-style Spanish rice at home? Now you can! It’s so simple and easy and so much better than Knorr’s packaged Spanish rice. This fool-proof recipe starts with the basic pantry ingredients and ends with fluffy, tender, sweet, and spicy rice! 

Slow Cooker Mexican Rice (Spanish Rice) - Have you ever wanted to know how easy it is to make restaurant-style Spanish rice at home? Now you can! It's so simple and easy and so much better than Knorr's packaged Spanish rice. This fool-proof recipe starts with the basic pantry ingredients and ends with fluffy, tender, sweet, and spicy rice!

For a couple of years, I have started an addiction to Mexican food. Whenever we go out for date night on Friday’s, I always suggest a local Mexican restaurant down the street or my favorite brewpub. As I think about it I wouldn’t necessarily call it an addiction, maybe love, but I just crave it every week.

 

Slow Cooker Mexican Rice (Spanish Rice) - Have you ever wanted to know how easy it is to make restaurant-style Spanish rice at home? Now you can! It's so simple and easy and so much better than Knorr's packaged Spanish rice. This fool-proof recipe starts with the basic pantry ingredients and ends with fluffy, tender, sweet, and spicy rice!

Mexican Skillet Pie - Also known as a Mexican skillet casserole. Layered with tortillas, enchilada sauce with black beans and corn, and taco-seasoned shredded chicken! Our family also likes to call it a Mexican skillet dinner - we always seem to have it for dinner and makes quite a bit! Perfect dish to add to your Cinco de Mayo recipes!

Mexican Skillet Pie

I have fallen head over heels in love with their Mexican rice or Spanish rice, depending on what you call it. It’s tender, moist, but it’s missing something. After I had started to experiment with my homemade Mexican rice, I knew it was missing a little flavor and a little heat. We love spicier things in my family.

If you like Mexican-style dishes, try out favorite Mexican Skillet Pie! So good.

With it being late Winter, I knew I wouldn’t be able to find juicy and flavorful fresh tomatoes, so I stuck to canned diced tomatoes with green chilies included to add a little kick. I was a little disappointed after tasting and then added another can of diced green chilies. Perfect! Just what we were after.

Slow Cooker Mexican Rice (Spanish Rice) - Have you ever wanted to know how easy it is to make restaurant-style Spanish rice at home? Now you can! It's so simple and easy and so much better than Knorr's packaged Spanish rice. This fool-proof recipe starts with the basic pantry ingredients and ends with fluffy, tender, sweet, and spicy rice!

It’s tender, sweet from the tomatoes, and a bit spicy from the jalapeno and green chilies. One bite satisfies all of your taste buds; I know it did mine! I had to taste a little bit even though I am on the keto diet. Hubby LOVES it.

For the slow cooker, I used my favorite 2-quart. If you have a 3-quart, that should be okay, as well. If you do not have one already, I highly recommend investing in one. It’s perfect for slow cooker rice dishes and dips! Mmmmm!

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Slow Cooker Mexican Rice (Spanish Rice) - Have you ever wanted to know how easy it is to make restaurant-style Spanish rice at home? Now you can! It's so simple and easy and so much better than Knorr's packaged Spanish rice. This fool-proof recipe starts with the basic pantry ingredients and ends with fluffy, tender, sweet, and spicy rice!
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup white rice
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 cup tomato sauce
  • ½ cup canned diced tomatoes
  • 4 ounce can diced green chilies
  • ½ jalapeno de-seeded and diced
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • fresh cilantro, to garnish
  • sliced limes, to garnish
Instructions
  1. Spray non-stick cooking spray all around your slow cooker crock.
  2. Place the white rice, chicken stock, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes with green chilies, diced green chilies, jalapeno, salt, pepper, cumin, and oregano into at least a 2-quart or 3-quart slow cooker.
  3. Cook on high for 2½ hours or on low for 5 hours.
  4. Garnish with fresh cilantro and a lime wedge.

 

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  2. Hi there, I would like to know in the ingredient list it calls a half cups of diced tomatoes with green chilis and then it says 1 4 oz can of diced green chilis…So you dice up a fresh tomato and add plain green chilis the same amount 1/2 cup and then also the can of diced green chilis? Sorry I’m confused lol Thank you

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  3. Hello –

    Just to clarify – the rice is regular, not instant rice. Correct? Would the recipe change if I used whole grain brown rice instead of white?

    Thanks,

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    • Just regular white rice, Amy. I haven’t tried making it with brown rice before. Brown rice tends to take a little longer to cook, so I would cook it for a bit longer until it’s tender. Enjoy!

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  4. I have this in the slow cooker now , but had to make adjustments as my son is very allergic to tomatoes, but loves Mexican food ,I left out all the tomatoes, and just added 2 cups of chicken stock, and all the spices listed above , it smells wonderful !

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