Pink Rice

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 3 small peeled tomatoes, if canned, drained
• 1 cup long grain rice
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin (to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Recipe

• 1 to peel tomatoes:.
• 2 bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• 3 cut a shallow "x" in the bottom of each tomato.
• 4 plunge tomato into boiling water for 30-60 seconds. remove and place immediately in ice water.
• 5 remove and skins should peel off easily.
• 6 pour out water from saucepan and place over medium heat. add oil and warm.
• 7 add onion an garlic and saute for about 5 minutes.
• 8 remove from heat.
• 9 place peeled tomatoes, onion and garlic in a food processor or blender. process until smooth.
• 10 in the same saucepan, stir rice until coated with the remaining oil.
• 11 add broth,cumin, salt, pepper and tomato mixture. bring to a boil.
• 12 cover, reduce heat to low, and cook until rice is tender about 20 minutes.
• 13 fluff with a fork and sprinkle with cilantro before serving.