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Jenn's Mexican Rice

2 cup long grain white rice
3 cups water
1 bell pepper
1 white onion
1 13.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes
2 tablespoon of tomato paste
4 tablespoons cooking oil
Mexican Spice Mix to taste:

• 10 parts salt
• 5 parts pepper
• 3 parts garlic powder
• 3 parts onion powder
• 2 parts cumin

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• Add the cooking oil, rice and Mexican Spice Mix into a large pot.
• Set heat to high, and stir constantly as to not burn the rice.
• Just as some of the rice begins to turn the tiniest bit brown, add the water and immediately cover
• Once the water comes to boiling, set the heat to medium.
• Add in the bell pepper, onion, tomato and tomato paste, mixing well until the rice becomes a uniform pinkish red color.
• Recover and Wait five minutes.
• Set the heat to low. Wait five minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat, and wait five more minutes.
• Uncover the rice, and fluff the rice using a rice paddle or spoon.