This seasoned rice recipe, which is from my mother, goes well with cornbread, black-eyed peas, and turnip greens as a main course. Reheated after being chilled over the night, it tastes even better!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup uncooked converted white rice
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 cup canned corn
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato sauce
- ½ cup ketchup
- 1 cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
- garlic powder to taste
Instructions
- In a large saucepan over medium heat, heat the oil. Add the rice, onion and bell pepper and saute for 5 minutes, or until onions are tender. Add the ground beef and saute until browned. Drain excess oil and fat.
- Add the corn, tomato sauce, ketchup and water. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is cooked, stirring occasionally. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 365 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Cholesterol | 64 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 496 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 25 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
did not put green pepper and ketchup double tomato sauce .
It was very good. I didn’t add ketchup. I add diced tomatoes and Cumin. I should have Measured the juice in the diced tomatoes. But it still good
I needed a skillet dish to make for dinner that didn’t require alot of ingredients that I didn’t have on hand and made use of hamburger patties that I needed to use up in my freezer. I omitted the corn and ketchup and water,and pre-cooked the rice in the microwave fo keep from having undercooked rice.I replaced plain water with Better than Boulion beef flavor and used fire roasted tomatoes instead of tomato sauce.I sauteed the hamburger patties,( that I broke up thawed) with 1 clove of fresh garlic,1/2 cup of chopped onions then added 1 cup of frozen mixed peppers. I doctored the flavor up with homemade taco seasoning found on this site, and mixed in the cooked rice then added chopped black olives, and chedder cheese. We added chipotle hot sauce, sour cream and sliced avocados. Very comforting dinner. I’ll make it again based on my changes as my hubs,and I don’t like overly sweet ketchupy dishes with corn.
I remove ketchup . Add move tomato sauce. Add 1/4 mushroom. It Great
I added 1 can of diced tomatoes and used regular white rice. Served with shredded Colby Jack cheese on top with a small circular squirt of Ranch. It was quite yummy! We stuffed ourselves.
I thought the flavors wasn’t as pronounced as we would like it so we made a few adjustments and additions but this could easily be a go to meal for a a family dinner.
I made this a little differently. I browned the ground beef with the onions and sweet peppers. I put that aside when done and toasted the rice with a little oil in the same pan. I put 1 tsp cumin and 1 1/2 tsp chili powder in while toasting. After about 5 minutes I added 2 1/2 cups beef broth (1 cup wasn’t enough for some reason), 1 cup salsa, 1 small can tomato sauce. No ketchup, uh. Put the lid on and simmered til the rice was done.
I made this dish a few weeks ago, it was great! but tonight I decided to make it again and I followed the directions to the T and even after 20 minutes the rice was not done. I remember now that the first time I decided to make the rice by itself, as that cooked I made the beef mixture with all the ingredients as is, then I added the cooked rice to the mixture. it was much better that way and faster so save yourself some trouble and make your rice separately then added to the beef mixture otherwise you’re going to have to cook it much longer than it calls for because the rice won’t be done in 20 minutes. The overall receipe (other than that minor change) is good!
My family loved this with a homemade vegetable broth used for flavor!
I substituted white rice for brown rice. Used minced onion because I never work with fresh onions. Recipe proved to be delicious and easy to make!
So easy to make! I threw in additional stuff like mushrooms and other herbs… Oh and you have to keep adding water to make sure the rice is well cooked! Thanks Donna for the recipe! 🙂
I doubled the recipe and the rice came out a little too al dente so I will just try it the original way. Great flavor though, a little kick!
A good one for singles or those on a budget. Also good for using what you have lying around. I didn’t have green peppers, so I left ’em out. The garlic powder was nice, but you do need to watch how much you add. I think next time, I’ll add more salsa for a bigger kick. I also added 1/4 cup extra water and let the beef/rice/onion mix sit a little longer to get crispy. Definitely a good one.
Reduced ketchup by half then added 1 can tomato paste and 1can diced tomatoes, chili powder and garlic from a jar..turned out to be the best i ever had
Okay, this is my first review on this website ever! I think this is a fantastic starter recipe that you can take in any direction you like. I’m usually not one that likes reviews where the the end result is not what the OP intended, but I’m breaking all my own rules here. I had 2lb’s. of ground beef that I had to use before it went bad, so I chose this recipe. I doubled the amount of onion and bell peppers, and used a Tbls. of Cumin and Cayenne pepper as well as using garlic flavored tomato sauce. I ended up using 2 cans of tomato pastes as well as more water than called for. The dish turned out perfect!!
We really liked this! I used ground turkey instead of ground beef, so I added about a teaspoon of beef flavored Better than Bouillon to get that beefy flavor. I was out of bell peppers, so I had to omit those, but I can’t wait to try this again with the peppers added. I imagine it would taste exactly like a deconstructed stuffed bell pepper. I also added about a teaspoon of ground cumin, just because I thought it would be good in there. We will absolutely be having this dish again and again.
This recipe was a smash hit. It tasted awesome. I made it when my wife was away for a week and ate the leftovers over and over again and never got tired of them. All the ingredients come together well there.
Second time I’m making this, so easy to make! I did use modifications that others had made: used salsa instead of ketchup, added taco seasoning to ground beef, added minced garlic in with the onions and rice and a little extra water (1/2 cup). I think those alterations made it tasty and even my picky 2 year old ate some (I’m talking picky like she’ll only eat mac n cheese and chicken nuggets). Enjoy!
I made this the other night with a few changes. I cooked up the meat with onions and garlic, added cumin, chili powder and a little cayanne pepper, (omitting the green pepper), then added stewed tomatoes chopped up, 2 squirts of ketchup, 1 small can of tomato sauce and 1 can of Rotel tomato sauce (it must be new because I have only seen the diced tomatoes with chilis from Rotel). I cooked the rice in a rice cooker and added it to the meat mixture, and threw in corn. My husband and I loved it!
it was good i just didnt like the weird stuff as in corn
Good. Simple to cook. Will likely make again.