Spicy American Spanish Rice

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 Rotel)

Directions

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.

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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.