Spanish Rice

2 cups rice

2 Tbsp veg. or olive Oil

1 medium onion – chopped

1 small can tomato sauce

Chicken broth when added to tomato sauce makes 4 ½ cups of liquid.

1 tsp. garlic powder (you can use fresh garlic if you want, but chop very fine and sauté with onion)

Salt and pepper to taste

Sautee onions in oil, until soft, add rice, brown lightly.  Add liquid, garlic powder and S&P, stir, bring rice to boil and turn heat down to slow simmer.  Cook until rice is done, do not stir. 

For nice festive looking rice (doesn’t change the taste much).  When adding liquid, add ¼ cup chopped green onions and ½ cup sliced black olives.  Stir once and then let simmer as indicated above.


Recipe from a family friend that is a fabulous cook, Kathy.