Spicy Spanish-Style Rice

Chef John's Spanish-inspired spicy rice with tomatoes, jalapeños, and chili powder is super easy to make for a fiery, crowd-pleasing side dish.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 194 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 2 cups uncooked long-grain white rice
• 1 teaspoon chili powder, or to taste
• chopped green onion
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 0.5 cup tomato sauce
• 0.33333334326744 cup chopped green onion
• 0.5 teaspoon chipotle chile powder, or to taste
• 0.33333334326744 cup diced jalapeno pepper
• 2.25 cups chicken stock

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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.

Step 2

Melt butter in a pot over medium-low heat. Stir rice, jalapeño, 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.

Step 3

Transfer rice to a platter and sprinkle chopped green onion on top.