Easy Spanish Rice And Beef Recipes

SPANISH STYLE BEEF AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat beef stock, water and butter to a full boil. Add rice, reduce heat and cover pot. Cook 20
• minutes, until tender and liquids are absorbed.
• Heat a large, deep skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and beef and season with salt and pepper. Brown meat, 2 or 3 minutes. Add onion, garlic, bell pepper, Worcestershire. Cook together 5 to 7 minutes, until veggies are just tender. Add tomato sauce, cloves, cumin and parsley. Bring mixture up to a bubble and reduce heat to low.
• Combine cooked rice with meat mixture and serve with Spicy Chopped Salad wit and Taco Dressing, recipe follows. Reserve 1/2 of the beef and rice and freeze for stuffed peppers for another meal. Recipe follows.
• * Please note: You can also choose to make the stuffed peppers in their entirety, then freeze and microwave when ready to serve for 12 to 15 minutes on high. Reheat with loose plastic over the dish to keep the peppers from splattering. If you do not have a carousel microwave, rotate peppers once during the reheating of your peppers.
• Stuffed Peppers with Beef, Rice, Spinach and Cheese
• Preheat a griddle or grill pan. Seed chile peppers. Drizzle peppers with a little oil and grill over medium high to high heat 3 or 4 minutes on each side, until tender. Transfer peppers to a broiler pan or baking sheet, hollow side up.
• Place a small skillet on the stove top and add 1 tablespoon, 1 turn of the pan, olive oil and a crushed clove of garlic. Heat over medium flame and add spinach in bunches until it is all wilted and is giving off liquid. Season greens with salt and pepper. Remove spinach and drain. Set aside.
• Preheat broiler to high.
• Defrost beef and rice in microwave oven. Combine 1/2 cup broth and defrosted rice in the skillet you cooked the spinach in and reheat over medium flame. Add 1 cup tomato sauce and heat through.
• Pile spinach and hot beef and tomato rice into peppers, mounding them up in the center of each pepper. Top liberally with grated cheese and melt cheese under broiler 3 to 5 minutes, then serve.
• Yield: 4 servings
• Preparation time: 10 minutes
• Cooking time: 15 to 20 minutes
• Ease of preparation: easy
• Spicy Chopped Salad with Tortillas
• Combine salad ingredients in a bowl, toss with tortilla chip pieces. In a second bowl, combine taco sauce, lime juice, cilantro or parsley. Whisk in olive oil in a slow stream until dressing is combined. Toss salad with dressing to combine and coat ingredients evenly, then serve.
• Yield: 4 servings
• Preparation time: 10 minutes
• Cooking time: none
• Ease of preparation: easy

SPANISH RICE WITH GROUND BEEF

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown ground beef; drain. Stir in the onion, green pepper, garlic and chili powder. Cook and stir until the vegetables are tender. Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until the rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed.

BEEF SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• 1. Brown the ground beef with the bell pepper and onion until the beef is no longer pink and the onions are translucent.
• 2. Drain ground beef and return to pan.
• 3. Add remaining ingredients (except for cilantro). Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until rice is done.
• 4. Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro.

SPANISH RICE WITH GROUND BEEF

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in water, rice, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, chili powder, and garlic salt. Cook over high heat until boiling, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat, cover, and let simmer until rice is tender, about 20 minutes.

SPANISH RICE WITH BEEF

Steps:

• Cook and stir the meat and onion in a large skillet until the meat is brown.
• Drain off the excess fat.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients.
• TO COOK IN A SKILLET: Heat the mixture to boiling then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender, about 30 minutes. (A small amount of water can be added if necessary.)
• TO COOK IN THE OVEN: Pour the mixture into an ungreased 2-quart casserole.
• Cover and bake at 375 degrees F, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender, about 45 minutes.
• Serve hot.

SPANISH RICE WITH BEEF

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook ground beed over med heat, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 10 minutes.
• Drain off fat.
• Transfer beef to paper towel lined plate, wrapped with foil to keep warm.
• In same skillet, heat oil.
• Add onion and garlic, cook, stirring until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in rice, recaito sauce and turmeric, cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
• Add broth.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Return beef to skillet.
• Stir in remaining ingredients, cook uncovered, stirring frequently, until heated through, about 5 minutes.