Greek Tomato Rice

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

Greek tomato rice is made with tomato sauce, chicken broth, onion, garlic, and parsley. It is a wonderful side dish to roasted chicken or other Greek dishes.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic
1 cup long grain rice
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup tomato sauce
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
fresh ground black pepper

Directions

1 Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat and cook onion and garlic until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add rice; cook and stir until lightly toasted for 2 minutes. Add chicken broth, tomato sauce, parsley, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil.
2 Cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until all the liquid is absorbed and rice is done, about 20 minutes.