This is something my grandmother used to make, but she never used a recipe. It took me a long time to figure out just what she did. I think this is as close to hers as it gets. It's just a simple rice side dish, but if you add a pound of cooked ground beef or chicken you can serve it as a meal. I hope you enjoy.
Ingredients
- vegetable oil: 0.25 cup
- ½ cups instant rice: 1 piece
- onion: 1 piece (chopped)
- green bell pepper: 1 piece (chopped)
- tomatoes: 1 can (16 ounce can, diced)
- vegetable juice (such as V8®): 1 can (11 ounce can)
- tomato sauce: 1 can (8 ounce can)
- water: 0.5 cup
- white sugar: 1 Tbsp
- lemon juice: 1 tsp
- salt: 1 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.25 tsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir rice, onion, and bell pepper in hot oil until the vegetables are slightly tender and rice is lightly browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
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Stir diced tomatoes, vegetable juice, tomato sauce, water, sugar, lemon juice, salt, and pepper into the rice mixture. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes more.
