Spicy American Spanish Rice

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup long-grain converted rice
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 pound ground beef
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chilies (such as RO*TEL(R))

1. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir rice in the melted butter until rice is lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir bell pepper and onion into rice and cook until bell pepper is softened and onion is translucent, 5 to 8 minutes.
2. Break the ground beef into the rice mixture; cook and stir until beef is completely browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir tomato sauce and diced tomatoes into ground beef mixture. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.

butter, longgrain converted rice, green bell pepper, onion, ground beef, tomato sauce, tomatoes

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222052/spicy-american-spanish-rice/ (may not work)