- Joined
- May 25, 2013
Mexican rice. I followed this recipe
It was good. The texture was perfect fluffy rice. It didn't quite taste right but it was close. It was slightly bitter. I maybe did too much tomato paste. I wonder if Mexican restaurants put sugar in their rice to cut the bitterness. Also used avocado oil and maybe I should have used a more flavorless oil.
Try cooking the tomato paste for 3 to 5 mins before adding in the rice. That will give the sugars in the paste time to carmalize and get rid of that bitterness. It's a super common mistake.