Low-fat Spanish Rice

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 1 cup uncooked instant rice (i prefer regular cooked rice)
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2/3 cup diced green bell pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped
• 1 (5 1/2 ounce) can tomato juice

Recipe

• 1 coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium-high heat until hot.
• 2 add rice, onion, and bell pepper; saute 5 minutes.
• 3 add remaining ingredients; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
• 4 if using regular rice cook rice first.
• 5 add rice to sauteed ingredients.
• 6 add remaining ingredients and cook until heated through.