Garden Preserved Steamed Spanish Rice

Garden Preserved Steamed Spanish Rice

This is so simple and so special.  I used some of my homecanned Tomato Sauce which has everything needed to give this dish that "Spanish Rice" flavor:  onions, green peppers, zucchini, carrots, garlic, hot peppers.  (NOTE:  I have only made this with my homecanned sauce so I do not know if it would taste as authentic with store bought sauce - maybe using chunky salsa would work also).

This rice is steamed in the oven - plain oven-steamed rice is just as wonderful!  (oven steamed rice will Not work with brown rice - I don't know why but it doesn't - I've tried).

1 cup Basmatti Rice                                                                   Printable Recipe

1 1/2 cups Tomato Sauce (homecanned)

3/4 cup boiling water

1/2 teaspoon salt

An oven-proof Dish with a lid (I use a white pyrex dish that has a lid)

Heat the Tomato Sauce and then mix with the boiling water.   Pour the Basmatti Rice (or plain white rice - NOT INSTANT RICE) into the oven-proof dish.  Now pour the hot liquid on top of the rice and add the salt.

Cover the dish and bake in a Preheated 350 degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes. 

For plain white steamed rice simply omit the tomato sauce and increase the boiling water to 2 cups - everything else is the same

Serve Immediately.  ENJOY!!