Spanish Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 Tbsp. butter or bacon fat
1 c. rice, uncooked
2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. paprika
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 small onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
4 c. canned tomatoes
1 c. stock
1/2 lb. ground beef

Preparation

Heat the frying pan.
Add butter and brown the onion and celery.
Remove and add the rice.
Cook until brown, stirring constantly.
In a separate kettle, heat the tomatoes with the seasoning and the stock, then add the rice, onion and celery. Simmer slowly over a low fire until rice is tender, about 1/2 hour, stirring occasionally with a fork to prevent sticking.
Fifteen minutes before serving, fry the hamburg which has been shaped into small balls and add to rice.