This Spicy Mango Rice recipe is easy to make and delicious. The perfect side dish to any dinner or for entertaining. Made with chili, cilantro, lime & mango
Spicy Mango Rice Recipe
Tired of boring white rice? Are you planning a dinner party and need an easy but exotic recipe? Then this Spicy Mango Rice Recipe is the one for you. Each bite is sweet, savory, spicy and oh so delicious.
I not only flavored the rice with mango but also added cilantro, chicken stock, and ginger. It’s the kind of recipe that people will love and ask for a second helping.
In Spanish, we often use the phrase: “esto es un arroz con mango” meaning, this is a Rice with mango. We use that phrase when things are disorganized, don’t make sense or they are contradictory because mango and rice would never go together. Until now.
This saying has been around for a long time until one person actually cooked Mango rice and discovered that the combination was amazing.
Serve this Spicy Mango Rice Recipe with chicken, fish, or beef. You can also add some more veggies to the rice if you would like.
In Venezuela, where I was born and raised, we had mango trees everywhere. I grew up eating mangoes for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. We made mango ice cream, cake, mousse, juice and even jam. So naturally, when I moved to the states, I started buying everything that had mango.
To make this Spicy Mango Rice Recipe I used delicious DOLE Fruit n’ Spice Chili Lime Mango Chunks. The fruit comes already seasoned, cubed and frozen. All you have to do is open your bag and use. Is that easy! You can see the little specs of chili in the rice. Yum.
DOLE Fruit n’ Spice is ALL NATURAL and comes in 3 delicious flavors: honey lime pineapple chunks, cinnamon apple slices, and chili lime mango chunks. I had the opportunity to taste all 3 flavors in the Summer Fancy Food Show in NYC and loved them.
The apple slices taste just like apple pie filling. Perfect for snacking or adding to recipes. The Pineapple was amazing! it’s perfect to eat it by itself or for smoothies. The mango, as you see, is a perfect combination of sweetness, tanginess, and spice.
Finally, I hope you can try this delicious Spicy Mango Rice Recipe at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.
- 1 cup of long grain rice uncooked
- 1/2 cup of DOLE Fruit N' Spice Chili Lime Mango Chunks defrosted
- 1/4 cup of cilantro chopped
- 2 tablespoons of water optional
- 2 cups of chicken or vegetable stock
- 1/2 teaspoon of ginger finely minced
- 1/4 cup of DOLE Fruit N' Spice Chili Lime Mango Chunks diced small
- Salt + Pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil
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In a blender place the 1/2 cup of DOLE Fruit N' Spice Chili Lime Mango Chunks and 2 tablespoons of cilantro. Blend until the mango is pureed. If needed, add 2 tablespoons of water
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In a pan over medium heat add 1 teaspoon of oil
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Add the ginger and gently saute until softened
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Add rice and saute until the rice has been coated with the oil
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Add the mango puree, salt, pepper, and stock
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Stir with a spoon until everything is combined
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Bring to a boil
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Lower the heat to a simmer and cover
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Cook for 16-18 minutes or until the rice has become fluffy and is completely cooked
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Uncover and fluff with a fork
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Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of cilantro and the diced mango chunks
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Mix and cover for 2-3 more minutes
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Pour into a platter and enjoy!
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These look amazing
great for an aspiring at home cook
chili lime sounds really good
I would go with the more traditional cinnamon apple as my first choice, and would probably use it for fritters.
I would like to try the cinnamon apple slices in turnovers.
That rice sounds amazing. I’d try the chili lime mangos in a mango avocado salsa pair with a chili lime salmon. Ooo or those apples would probably taste great in a nice overnight oats.
I would love to try the honey lime pineapple chunk in shrimp tacos
This came out beautiful! My family really loved the flavors of the Dole!
the chili sounds great
Chili Lime sounds delicious! I’d try it with either rice or quinoa. maybe even barley.
The first flavor I would try first from Dole is the Fruit n’ Spice Chili Lime Mango Chunks. I would love to make them into spectactular margaritas with lime juice, tequila, and rock sugar.
The Cinnamon Apple would be great to make an Apple Crisp.
I like the chili lime and I would use it in a pie.
I would like to try the cinnamon spice apple slices and I would make chunky applesauce cake.
This looks so good. Great ideas to put it with rice! Your dishes are gorgeous!
I would use the Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks in a Sweet & Sour Pork dish
I would buy mango first and make this recipe FIRST (above)….YUMMY!
I would try the cinnamon apple slices in some kind of apple pie or turnover.
I’d like to try honey lime pineapple chunks in muffins.
I’d love to make some mango salsa with the chili lime mango chunks!
the apple cinnamon slices in homemade apple sauce
I might try the Honey Lime Pineapple first. I bet that would be great in a lot of Asian rice dishes. I love pineapple in rice dishes.—By the way, the 2nd Twitter follow on the entry form has no one to follow; is it meant to be for Living Sweet moments Twitter page?
I’d like to try the chili lime mango chunks over vanilla ice cream.
I would love to try the Chili Lime Chunks first. They look so good!
the chili lime sounds really good
Would love to try the Honey Lime Pineapple in Sweet & Sour Shrimp!!~
Pineapple for a nice cool summer fruit salad! 🙂
Cinnamon apple slices might be good with ice cream.
I didn’t even know these even existed! I want to try them all, but probably the pineapple first. I’d make a good sweet and sour chicken with it. Though I could imagine I’d just eat it plain too lol
i want to try the cinnamon apple. i would make a pie!
I want to try the honey lime pineapple on pizza with some ham and mushrooms.
I would love to try the cinnamon apple slices over french toast
I would use the cinnamon apple in my oatmeal.
I would try the Cinnamon Apple Slices and use them in my apple cobbler.