Spanish Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped or sliced
1 can tomato paste
1 1/2 c. Minute rice
1 envelope Sloppy Joe mix

Preparation

In electric skillet at 375\u00b0, cook onion and pepper in a little bit of water.
Remove from skillet. Brown the ground beef, then add the onion and pepper. Add the tomato paste with 1 1/4 cups water and add the envelope of Sloppy Joe mix.
Stir together. Turn heat down and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add Minute rice and let simmer until rice is cooked.
Add more water if mixture looks dry.
Serve. Good with blueberry Jiffy muffin mix.