Substitute for chicken broth in Mexican rice recipe?

A novice cook here. Planning on making Mexican rice tomorrow from a recipe I found online. The recipe calls for 2 cups of chicken broth. I have all the principal ingredients (rice, cumin, garlic salt, tomato sauce, vegetable oil) except for chicken broth. I read somewhere that water can be substituted for chicken broth in soup recipes, but not sure if it would work well for a rice recipe. If it would, should I put 2 cups of water (i.e. equal to the amount of broth the recipe calls for)? Would it work without ANY broth substitute, just the other ingredients?