Vegetarian (or not) Dirty Rice

While recently visiting family, my nephew made a fantastic vegetarian dirty rice. He is a great cook and just combined this and that for a very flavorful dish. I have been wanting something similar ever since. I tried this recipe as a main dish for tonight and it turned out great. You could easily add cooked chicken if this would not float your boat as a main dish as is. Delicious and super easy!

4 Tbsp. Olive Oil
1 Tbsp. butter
1 red onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp. dry basil
1 tsp dry oregano
1 tsp. dark chili powder
1 tsp. paparika
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper
2 c. Jasmin rice or any long grain rice (You can use brown rice, however the cooking time will be about an hour instead of time listed below)
1- 16 oz.can Swanson Vegetarian broth (I used chicken broth)
1 c. cold waterSalt and pepper to taste

Prep: Heat a 2 qt. sauce pan to high, place olive oil and butter in pan. Saute onion, garlic until carmalized. Add basil, oregano, chili powder, paparika, red pepper and rice. Saute rice for three minutes, stirring ocassionally. Add broth and water, stir. Bring to a boil for five minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20- 25 minutes or until liquid has evaporated. Add cooked chicken if you would like.