Anybody have a recipe that mimics Zatarain's Spanish Rice

Do you like to cook and just want to make your own version?

Just curious why you don't just go buy some if you love it that much?

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Do you like to cook and just want to make your own version?

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Yes.

I learned a recipe from my wife’s aunt that I cook all the time and it comes out great. Have made a few changes to it but it’s always good and people love it.

1/2 white onion
Few cloves garlic
8oz can tomato sauce
2T Olive oil
Few teaspoons Sazon
Dried oregano
Salt/pepper
Chicken bouillon
2 cups rice
3.5 cups water

Sauté the onion in the olive oil until soft. Add garlic until fragrant. Add rice and toast for a few minutes. After light toast add the tomato sauce and the seasonings. Let this simmer for a few minutes. Add the water and chicken bouillon and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, let sit for 20 minutes. Fluff and enjoy.

Could easily add things like frozen peas/carrots if you want. Or used crutches tomatoes instead of sauce. But this is a good base recipe.

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INGREDIENTS
Enriched Long Grain Parboiled Rice (Rice, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid), Onion, Salt, Red and Green Bell Pepper, Spices (Including Red Pepper), Sugar, Yeast Extract, Tamari Soy Sauce (Soybean, Salt) & Garlic.

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The recipe on the box says to prepare with a 14oz can of diced tomatoes. I like the previous posters' recipes where paste or sauce is used.

I feel like the OP would notice the absence of red and green bell pepper.