Red Rice

Do you want a bit of a Spanish kick with your next meal? Why not dress up that plan white rice, and turn it all red with a bit of extra spice. Red rice will really make any Spanish meal stand out, but this rice also works great with basic main courses as well. The following recipe is rather simple, but you can always increase the flavor and add some more spice if you so desire.

You Will Need: enough rice for your family; one Vidalia onion; two cloves of chopped garlic; olive oil; your favorite hot sauce; paprika; one can of tomato sauce.

Sauté: sauté chopped onion and chopped garlic in a bit of olive oil until it is translucent. Then, add the raw rice to the mixture, and cook rice until it is toasted (this will give the rice a nice flavor).

Make: add enough water to the mix to cook the rice (two cups of water to one cup of rice), and allow the rice to cook thoroughly. When the rice is done cooking, leave it in the pot and add some hot sauce and enough tomato sauce to add a bit of red coloring. You can also add fresh spices along with salt and pepper to taste.

As previously mentioned, go ahead and play with the spice ratio for this recipe. If you like your food extremely hot, you can even add a few chili peppers to the dish. Red rice is a great way to turn regular rice into something special, and this rice dish will work well on Valentine’s Day as well. Forget about that plain old rice, and make some red rice tonight.