Spanish Rice With Ground Beef Recipes

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.

SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• In a large, heavy skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain; crumble after it has cooled down, and set aside. Drain most of the bacon grease from the skillet, leaving only a teaspoon or two.
• Add ground beef to skillet; cook, breaking up, until browned.
• Add chopped onion and green bell pepper; continue cooking until onion is tender.
• Add tomatoes, water, rice, chili sauce, salt, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper. Cover and simmer for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Before serving, top with the reserved crumbled bacon and, if desired, shredded Mexican cheese blend. Serves 6

SPANISH RICE WITH GROUND BEEF AND EGGS

Steps:

• Drain tomatoes, reserving juices; pulse in a food processor until finely chopped. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat a large, deep ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat; swirl in oil. Add chuck and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Add pepper, garlic, chopped onion, and 2 teaspoons salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in Worcestershire, scraping up browned bits. Add tomatoes; cook 3 minutes. Stir in rice, broth, and tomato juices. Bring to a simmer, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until rice is tender, about 17 minutes.
• Stir rice mixture; make 4 wells and crack 1 egg into each. Season with salt, cover, and bake until whites are set and yolks cooked as desired, 6 to 8 minutes. Top with sliced onion; serve immediately.

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