SPICY AMERICAN SPANISH RICE

Spicy American Spanish Rice image

Great Spanish rice as a main course meal. I usually serve it with mashed potatoes. Can be made less spicy using regular tomatoes.

Provided by KOOLCHICK262003

Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes Spanish Rice Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

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®)

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 301.5 calories, Carbohydrate 19.4 g, Cholesterol 59.7 mg, Fat 19.8 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 12.5 g, SaturatedFat 8.9 g, Sodium 694.2 mg, Sugar 6.3 g