What's the difference 'tween Mexican and Spanish Rice?

[Pupsnpullets]

Can anyone tell me the difference between the two, if any, and perhaps a recipe for them?

 

[miss_jayne]

this one from cooks.com is great and easy.

enjoy, and make room for seconds.

 

[miss_jayne]

oh, my friend Osbel, from Mexico makes rice just like this. he just calls it rice.

 

[Rootball]

Spanish rice with cumin and cilantro, tomatoe etc. is really an American name for a Mexican style of rice.

The most common rice dish in Spain would be Paella which is usually yellow because of being seasoned with saffron and it is flavored with seafood and sausage.

 

[miss_jayne]

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saving this info in my brain right now! thank you! and now i want saffron and sausage, thank you very much!

 

[Sillystunt]

i know that mexican rice they use red beans and in cuban rice they use black~ That's all i got for ya!

 

[Rootball]

It occured to me while I slept last night that the pronounciation of Paella might not be clear, and I know that pronounciation can be trying at times on the internet

Anyway Paella is pronounced Pie-ay-ah or pa-ey-ah(both of which sound the same if you say them fast.



Paella

Spanish Rice

 

[Pupsnpullets]

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My goodness that looks good!! Thanks for the explanation. My good friend who was half spanish used to say they ate paella regularly when he was growing up in Spain but it never occurred to me that it was spanish rice. Duh! And now he is gone, sigh, so there closes the door to first hand spanish culinary insights.

Since I've been in this country I have fallen in love with the Hispanic culture and cuisine. That rice thingy was confusing me a little. Now, if I could only get a handle on the spelling and language....

Thanks miss-jayne, rootball and sillystunt