Spicy American Spanish Rice

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup long-grain converted rice
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 pound ground beef
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chilies (such as ro*tel®)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. cook and stir rice in the melted butter until rice is lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. stir bell pepper and onion into rice and cook until bell pepper is softened and onion is translucent, 5 to 8 minutes.
• break the ground beef into the rice mixture; cook and stir until beef is completely browned, 8 to 10 minutes. stir tomato sauce and diced tomatoes into ground beef mixture. cover, reduce heat, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.