Best Beef and Rice

• 1 lb ground beef (I like 93/7)
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes (preferably with garlic)
• 1 large yellow onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 12 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt or garlic salt, to taste
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 1 dash cooking sherry
• 14 cup butter
• 12 cup short vermicelli
• 1 cup long grain rice
• 2 12 cups water

1. - Saute onion and garlic in olive oil in large sauce pan.
2. - Add beef to brown, after almost cooked mash with potato hand masher until finely ground
3. - Pour in canned tomatoes with juice.
4. - Add all spices
5. - Simmer 20 minutes while rice cooks.
6. - Add sherry last five minutes.
7. Rice:.
8. - Saute vermicelli in butter.
9. - After it has browned add rice and water and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
10. - Cover and cook till soft, you may need to add more water.
11. - When done, serve beef over rice.

ground beef, tomatoes, yellow onion, garlic, cumin, paprika, chili powder, olive oil, salt, ground cloves, cooking sherry, butter, short vermicelli, long grain rice, water

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/best-beef-and-rice-200478 (may not work)