Mexican Rice with Basa

Posted 2017-04-14 by Belinda ⇒ follow

This Mexican rice is a fast and easy dinner that is packed full of flavour. You can change the spices to suit your family, I often add chilli and use a green capscium instead of a red one depending on what is in my fridge at the time.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients
1 onion, sliced thinly
1 red capsicum, deseeded and sliced thinly
2 cloves garlic , crushed
2 tbs oil
1 cup corn and/or peas
1 1/2 cups white rice
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 tsp ground cumin
1/3 cup tomato paste
3 1/2 cups vegetable stock
500 g basa, cut into bite sized pieces
salt and pepper, to season

Method

Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, capsicum and corn. Cook until the onion is soft.