Spanish Rice

A Puerto Rican friend of mine taught me this recipe for
Spanish Rice

Ingredients

• 1 cup Brown Basmati rice (cooked in 2 cups of water)
• olive oil
• 2 med onions
• 1 red bell pepper
• 2 ribs celery
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 (15oz) can diced tomatoes w/ green chilies
• 1 (15oz) can beans ( I used Navy this time)
• 1 lb diced cooked ham
• 3 pkg Sazon Goya con cilantro y achiote
• Salt and pepper
• optional: corn, carrots, zucchini, black olives, shrimp, or chicken

Instructions

1. Cook the rice with 2 cups water, salt and olive oil
2. While the rice is cooking saute the onions, red pepper, celery, and garlic.
3. Add the tomatoes, beans, and ham
   
4. When the rice is cooked mix it in, add the Sazon Goya and heat through.

Theory of the dish

Basically Spanish Rice is rice with tomatoes, onions, and garlic, everything after that is just embellishment. My friend recommended adding whatever canned beans you had on hand and ham. She also used a whole container of onion flakes instead of fresh onion.