Best Creamy Spanish Rice Recipes

CREAMY SPANISH RICE SOUP

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This recipe is made from ingredients I had on hand when my husband requested soup. I started with Spanish rice mix and went from there. He loved it! I served it with cheese bread.

Provided by Marcia Smit VanDyken

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound bulk pork sausage
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
1 (14 ounce) can condensed beef broth
3 ½ cups water
1 (10.75 ounce) can tomato soup
1 box Spanish rice mix (such as Old El Paso®)
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
½ cup shredded Colby-Jack cheese, or more to taste
1 (10 ounce) bag tortilla chips

Steps:

Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Cook and stir sausage, green bell pepper, and onion in the hot oil, breaking the sausage into small pieces, until sausage is browned, about 10 minutes.
Stir diced tomatoes with green chilies, beef broth, water, tomato soup, and Spanish rice mix into sausage mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until rice is tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir cream cheese into soup until cheese melts, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve garnished with Colby-Jack cheese and a handful of tortilla chips.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 422.5 calories, Carbohydrate 36.3 g, Cholesterol 47.6 mg, Fat 26.1 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 12.1 g, SaturatedFat 9.4 g, Sodium 1133.6 mg, Sugar 3.2 g

CREAMY SPANISH RICE

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This is a nice change from your standard potatoes or plain rice...My family members tried this and went back for seconds! They said it was like eating nachos!

Provided by Diane M.

Categories Rice Sides

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

2 Tbsp butter
1 pkg spanish style rice-a-roni
1/2 medium diced onion
1 can(s) diced tomatoes (14 oz)
1 can(s) diced chiles
2 c water
1 can(s) cream of chicken soup
1 pt sour cream
2 c shredded cheddar cheese
1 c crushed tortilla chips
chipotle tabasco to taste

Steps:

1. Melt butter in lg. saucepan. add rice and onion and brown, approx. 6 mins. stirring constantly. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13 glass pan.
2. Add seasoning packet, tomatoes, chiles, and water. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and cook until liquid is aborbed and rice is tender, about 20 mins.
3. Add soup, sour cream and half of cheese, stir to mix and spoon into glass pan. Sprinkle remaining cheese and crushed tortilla chips on top. Bake uncovered for approx. 20-25 mins or until hot and bubbly.
4. (the chipotle tabasco can be added with the soup and sour cream or just let people sprinkle on afterwards according to individual tastes.)