Spanish Rice Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 4 cups water
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, cut up
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1/2 cup rice
• 1/4 cup green bell peppers or 1/4 cup mild green chili
• 1 package onion soup mix (i use liptons)
• 1 beef bouillon cube
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 6 dashes hot pepper sauce

Recipe

• 1 in large saucepan or dutch oven, cook ground beef until browned.
• 2 drain off fat.
• 3 stir in water, undrained tomatoes, celery, uncooked rice, green pepper, soup mix, bouillon cube, salt, basil and hot pepper sauce.
• 4 bring to boil.
• 5 reduce heat to low.
• 6 cover and simmer about 20 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring occasionally.