Spanish Rice Recipes

Spanish rice is a wonderful side dish. It's often made from white rice, tomatoes, garlic, onions, and other ingredients. This page contains Spanish rice recipes.

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Mother's Spanish Rice with Ground Beef

This is my Mother's recipe for Spanish Rice. I have never found a recipe this good. I think it is the milk which is unusual in this dish that makes the difference.

Ingredients:

2 cups canned tomatoes
2/3 cups of long cooking rice
1 cup water
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1 large onion chopped
1 lb. of hamburger
2 tsp. chili powder
2 tsp. Garlic powder

Directions:

Bring the tomatoes, rice and water to a boil, reduce heat and cook for 30 minutes until rice is tender.

Add the 2/3 cup of milk to the tomato/rice mixture. Stir well. Set aside.

Saute green peppers and onions in a little fat until tender abt 15 to 20 minutes.

Saute the ground beef and spices until done about 10 to 15 minutes.

Combine the green pepper/onion mixture and the hamburger. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add to the tomato/rice mixture, bring to heat stirring constantly for 2 to 3 minutes. Serve.

Servings:	6 to 8
Time:	15 Minutes Preparation Time 30 Minutes Cooking Time

Source: My Mother: Evelyn Mayo Sparks

By Nancy S.

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Spanish Rice

This is a frugal and super quick and easy recipe for Spanish rice, like restaurants serve alongside Mexican food.

Ingredients:

1 cup instant white rice (for example, Minute Rice)
2/3 cup store bought jar salsa, choose your heat level
1/3 cup water
I chicken bouillon cube
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil

Directions:

Combine all ingredients EXCEPT instant rice in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil until bouillon cube dissolves. Add rice and stir to combine, then remove from heat, cover, and let rest for 5 or 10 minutes. Fluff with fork or spoon and serve.

This recipe makes about 4 small servings as a side dish, simply double it to make more. You can omit the vegetable oil to make low or no-fat, but the oil seems to help the rice not get sticky.

Thrifty tips: Buy instant rice in bulk at Aldi or similar discount stores, buy jar salsa on the dollar aisle of your grocery store or at Aldi or the Mega Mart. This recipe makes restaurant-style Spanish rice for pennies a serving. Way cheaper than the bag of Spanish rice mix.

Servings:	4
Time:	5 Minutes Preparation Time 10 Minutes Cooking Time

By Matt from K.C., MO

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Paradise Spanish Rice

Ingredients

2 cups white rice
1/8 lb vermicelli (cut up)
3 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 can of either stewed tomatoes or canned flavored diced tomatoes
1/2 cup diced peppers
1/2 cup diced onions
4 Tbsp. chili powder
2 tsp. garlic powder
3 cups beef broth
1/2 cup salsa

Directions

In large frying pan cook rice and vermicelli in oil till golden. Add all except broth and salsa. Continue to cook for 3 minutes. Now add broth. Simmer about 17 minutes. Once rice is cooked add salsa and heat for 1 min.

By LRP from LOWELL, MASS

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Skillet Spanish Rice

Ingredients

1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1 small garlic clove, minced
1 cup uncooked rice
1/2 lb. hamburger
1 can tomato sauce
1 1/4 cups hot water
1 tsp. salt
Few dashes pepper
1 Tbsp. bacon bits
1/2-3/4 cup grated cheese

Directions

In large skillet, put onion, green pepper, garlic, rice and hamburger. Stir over high heat until lightly browned. Add the tomato sauce and remaining ingredients except cheese. Mix well and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer 25 minutes. Sprinkle cheese over top just before serving. Makes 6 servings.

By Robin from Washington, Ia

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I'm looking for a recipe for Spanish rice.

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By xintexas 09/11/2011

Mine is even easier and have been making it forever.1 cup white rice. Saute in one tablespoon of whatever you like, butter, margarine, oil or olive oil. It doesn't really matter Saute for 1-2 minutes add 1 can Rotel original and 1 3/4 cups water. If you want it very spicy try hot Rotel or mild for little a spice. Bring to boil and simmer for 20 min. Perfect every time.

Next: Spanish Style Rice-A-Roni

Leona's Spanish Rice

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1-1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. chili powder
3 cups canned tomatoes
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup uncooked rice

Directions

Brown ground beef and drain. Add the next 6 ingredients. Cook 9 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, ketchup, and rice. Cover and let simmer until rice is done.

Serves about 4 to 6

Source: Sent by friend.

By Connie from Cotter, AR

Mom's Spanish Rice

One of our favorite slam-together suppers is my mom's recipe for Spanish Rice.

Brown 1 lb (more or less) ground beef or turkey. Chop a medium onion and add to beef.

Add

1 Tbsp. minced garlic
A couple of celery stalks, chopped
A green pepper, chopped (I have been chopping and freezing mine from the garden, here, lately)
A large can of crushed tomatoes
Salt and pepper to taste

Simmer until the vegetables are nice and tender and add 2-3 cups COLD cooked rice and heat to simmer stage. Hot rice just goes to mush and just isn't very nice.

This serves 4-6 hungry people with a salad and some bread and butter.

By Margie from Mount Vernon, Oh

Quick Spanish Rice

I have a recipe I came up with myself. I love Spanish rice but can't ever seem to make it like restaurants do. So here's what I do.

Ingredients:

2 cups of Minute rice
1 jar of salsa
1 can of chicken broth
1 8 oz can of tomato sauce
chopped onion, (how ever much you prefer)

Directions:

In a two cup measuring jar pour in 1 cup of salsa, then 1 cup of chicken broth.

Saute your chopped onion in butter on med high heat until it's slightly soft.

Add the salsa / chicken broth mixture, tomato sauce, and bring to a boil. Add rice, cover, remove from heat and let sit for 20-30 minutes or until the rice is nice and fluffy. Makes about 4 servings of rice.

By Joelygirl

Spanish Rice

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 cup uncooked rice
2 tsp. chili powder
1 1/2 cups water
1 tsp. seasoned salt
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 can (14 1/2 ozs.) whole tomatoes drained and chopped

Directions

In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the beef, onion, and green pepper, cooking until the meat is browned; drain liquid. Stir in remaining ingredients; reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender.

Note: For a lighter touch, you can substitute ground turkey or veal for the beef.

By cookiemom1 from Gilmer, TX

Spanish Rice

Ingredients

2 cups cooked rice
1 can tomatoes (16oz.)
1 small onion, diced
9 slices of cut up bacon
3 Tbsp. brown sugar
salt, to taste

Directions

Fry bacon and onion together until slightly brown. Add tomatoes, brown sugar. Heat thoroughly, and pour over the hot cooked rice. Mix well and add salt to taste. Bake in 325 degrees F oven about 1 hour or until top is slightly brown.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Spanish Rice

Brown ground beef in shortening. Add onion, green pepper, brown sugar, and seasoning. Cook 8-10 minutes. Add tomatoes, ketchup and rice.

Spanish Rice

All the flavors mix together and just work. Cook bacon until done. Remove and drain. Saute onion, peppers, and garlic.

Spanish Rice

There are a lot of quick and easy recipes for Spanish Rice, but last night I was in a hurry, and had to improvise quite a bit. This is what I came up with.