my family's spanish rice

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37 Pinches
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA
Updated on Jan 18, 2012

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!!

prep time 45 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method ---
yield 4-6 serving(s)

Ingredients

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

How To Make my family's spanish rice

  • Step 1
    Cook the white rice and brown the hamberger or turkey drain cooked meat. Combine rice, meat, peppers, celery in a baking dish.
  • Step 2
    Add tomato puree until mixture is soupy. Then add sugar to taste. The sugar base on your taste.
  • Step 3
    Bake in 350 degree oven until celery and pepers are soft or slightly crunchy again this is how cooked you like them. Serve!
  • Step 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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