Beef Spanish Rice

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 cup converted rice
• 2 cups water
• 14 1/2 ounces diced canned tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1/2 green pepper, chopped
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 chopped onion (optional)
• sliced black olives (optional)

Recipe

• 1 brown hamburger and drain.
• 2 add all other ingredients to the beef and bring to a boil then lower heat to low and cover.
• 3 cook for 20 minutes.
• 4 remove and discard bay leaves and enjoy.
• 5 i usually cook the green pepper with the beef when browning beef and if using onions would also cook with the browning beef.