Spanish Rice Recipe (+Video)

This Spanish Rice recipe is stuffed with cooked rice, tomato sauce, ground beef, peppers, onions and seasoning. Delicious comfort food!

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword Spanish Rice, Spanish Rice Recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 475kcal

In a large stock pot, add 1 pound lean ground beef, 1 green pepper, diced and 1 medium yellow onion, diced over medium high heat. Season with a bit of salt and pepper, to taste.
Cook until ground beef is brown and crumbled and veggies are tender. Drain excess grease.
Put ground beef mixture back into stock pot. Add 4 cups prepared white rice and 15 ounce can tomato sauce.
Stir until thoroughly combined and heated through. Taste and check for seasonings at this point (I usually find I need to season with a bit more salt.)
Turn off heat and add 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (if using) until melted.
Stir mixture to combine and serve.

If you are using boil-in-the-bag rice, you will need 2 bags of rice for this recipe. 2 cups of dry rice will make 4 cups prepared.
To reheat: put a cup or so of Spanish rice into a microwaveable-safe bowl. Sprinkle with about a tbsp. of water or chicken broth. Cover with paper towel and heat for about 1 minute. Stir to make sure it is evenly warmed through. Microwave for additional 20-30 seconds if necessary.
Try adding additional seasonings. This is just the basic recipe. Try adding a little cumin, garlic powder and/or Mexican oregano!