Spanish Rice

Spanish Rice
Ingredients:

1 cup long grain brown rice or white rice

2 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon each oregano & cumin & garlic powder
2 tablespoons dry onion
Dash red pepper flakes
*Put all of this in a ziplock baggy and seal until ready to use.

Directions:

When you are ready to make this recipe, you will need to add the following ingredients:

1 or 2 tablespoons oil
8 oz can reduced sodium tomato sauce or 1 cup chopped fresh or canned tomatoes
2 cups water
In a 2 quart pan, heat the oil on medium heat. Once the oil is heated, add the Spanish Rice mixture into the pot. Saute this mixture until the rice begins to brown. Add the tomato sauce and water. Mix well and bring to a boil. When the mixture begins to bowl, cover the pan and turn the heat down to low. Depending on which type of rice you used will determine the cooking time. Brown rice=45 minutes, white rice=20 minutes.

This makes 4 servings.