Nah, just cook some rice and add a bottle of Pace to it.:)
Heck no, that’s simply horrible tasting.
But the op’s recipe is far too complicated. All you need to do is toast the rice in oil, add tomato sauce and goya sazon seasoning mix.
Sure it’s not fancy and complicated but it tastes good and that is all that matters
I usually sustitute 1 cup of Pace for one cup of water in the cooking (assuming the 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice).