Spanish Rice Recipe – Spanish Rice is a well-loved side dish. But this family favorite Spanish Rice with Beef recipe is a delicious main dish ready in under 30 minutes!
Looking for more easy ground beef recipes? I think you’ll love my Classic Chili, Lasagna, and Stuffed Peppers.
One of my favorite dishes to order when we go to our local Mexican restaurant is their Spanish rice. Well, along with the chips, salsa, queso dip, and guacamole! Ha!
Their Spanish rice though always just goes perfectly with whatever I order for my entree – from enchiladas to whatever their specials are for the day.
But, as much as I love their Spanish rice, it still doesn’t really compete with the version that my Mama has made since as long as I can remember. While theirs is served as a side dish, Mama’s was always the main attraction, served with a salad or beans.
Her Spanish rice is made with ground beef that takes it to a whole new level!
I love that it comes together in less than thirty minutes and just takes one skillet to prepare. We also love to prepare this for a camp style meal as well. No wonder Mama loved making this recipe so much! It’s an all-around favorite for sure!
Spanish Rice Recipe
How to Freeze Spanish Rice
Once cooked, allow to cool completely. Portion into freezer-safe container(s) and freeze up to 3 months.
To serve, thaw in the refrigerator overnight, reheat and serve.
Here’s her Spanish Rice Recipe with Ground Beef. So simple, I think you’ll love it, too!
Skillet Spanish Rice with Ground Beef Recipe
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound ground beef
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 medium onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3/4 cup uncooked white rice
- 1/4 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (10-ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chiles
Instructions
- Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring frequently. Drain and set aside.
- Drizzle olive oil into the skillet over medium heat. Saute onions until softened, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and rice, stirring frequently until rice is lightly browned. Add ground beef, oregano, chili powder, cumin, salt, black pepper, water, and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Turn heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
how would this be with brown rice and ground turkey? I think I am going to try it. This sounds wonderful but having had bariatric surgery I can not have white rice.
I think it would be delicious, Catina!
For extra zip, throw in a bag of crushed doritos or the like as the last ingredient
And beans..lots of beans. ..
I just made this for dinner – very delicious and filling! It was super easy to pull together, too. I used brown rice instead of white because of personal preference and thought it all worked out great.
I made this for dinner tonight, and my family really enjoyed it. The rice had an almost crunchy texture to it, which was rather nice. Thank you for sharing this easy dish.
sounds good to me.I’ll try it soon.Thank You
This looks so flavorful and comforting!
Great timing…hubby has been wanting me to try a new Spanish Rice recipe. Going to make this tonight!!
Looks and sounds good. My husband’s mom always put cooked, crumbled bacon and shredded cheese on top too near end of baking time.
I am Mexican so when my “white” husbands mom made Spanish rice, this was way different for me. I came to like when she made it, she used to add a squirt of ketchup and yellow mustard, and Worcestershire sauce, so I added this too. When she died this was not in her recipe box so I winged it a few times. My husband requested so thought I would try to find a recipe. So Thank you. It smells good and am waiting for the timer to go off so we can eat!
Tiffany, maybe this recipe will be close to the one your mother-in-law made. I hope your husband enjoys it.
What a coincidence, I just made a version of this last night. I used a shortcut, and used the fajita sauce instead of the herbs.
Spanish rice! I forgot about that (my soon to be ex-husband doesn’t like rice)! Thanks for reminding me! Now I’m going to pit your version against my mom’s! Yum!
Too funny!
Sounds delicious! Bookmarked! 🙂