
Using leftover rice, this vegetarian Mexican Fried Rice will be on the desk in 15 minutes – toward 10 minutes actually. Made greater tasty by way of the usage of enchilada sauce as the flavour base! {Vegetarian/Vegan}
I call this “fried rice” due to the fact it is made the usage of leftover rice in place of making it “risotto fashion” starting with raw rice grains. I find that making it by way of cooking rice in a tomato liquid makes the dish extra risotto like and too starchy and wet for my liking. This technique the use of leftover rice is ideal – it absolutely is restaurant fashion.

that is a great throw collectively mid week meal that you could make with Mexican-associated leftovers. I made this vegetarian due to the fact I didn’t have any leftover meat, but by way of all way when you have some, toss them in! Shredded hen, red meat Carnitas, pork or even fish will go top notch with this.
the key to this rice is the enchilada sauce which provides a heap of flavour. truth be instructed, I used home made. My smooth conventional Enchilada Sauce simplest takes 10 minutes to make so I frequently have a batch of it within the refrigerator (i exploit it for all styles of things other than Enchiladas – soups, dipping sauce or even on omelettes). however shop sold is quality too. you could substitute the enchilada sauce with taco sauce – though the flavor might be barely one of a kind, it’ll nevertheless be delicious, assure it. As a ultimate inn you can use tomato paste but it will require greater seasoning and loosening up with water – I’ve furnished instructions for this within the notes.
that is a top notch versatile and speedy recipe to add to your mid week meal rotation!