my family's spanish rice

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Gina Angle
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA

My family has been making this dish for years. It has a more sweet taste than a tangy one or spicy. I eat it as a main dish but others may combine it with other things. Enjoy!!

(1 rating)
yield 4 -6
prep time 45 Min
cook time 1 Hr

Ingredients For my family's spanish rice

  • 3 c
    white rice
  • 1 1/2 lb
    hamberger or ground turkey
  • 3/4 c
    diced bell pepper green
  • 3/4 c
    celery chopped
  • 2 can
    lg cans of tomato puree
  • 1/2 c
    sugar

How To Make my family's spanish rice

  • 1
    Cook the white rice and brown the hamberger or turkey drain cooked meat. Combine rice, meat, peppers, celery in a baking dish.
  • 2
    Add tomato puree until mixture is soupy. Then add sugar to taste. The sugar base on your taste.
  • 3
    Bake in 350 degree oven until celery and pepers are soft or slightly crunchy again this is how cooked you like them. Serve!
  • 4
    When reheating this dish if it is too dry you can add tomato juice to moisten. Most of the time I don't need too but you can.

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