Americanized Spanish Rice
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Rice Uncooked
- 1 Cup Orzo Pasta Uncooked
- 1 Sweet Onion
- 1 Green Pepper
- 1 Can Black Beans
- 1 Can Tomato Sauce Large Can
- 4-6 oz Gouda Cheese
- 6-10 oz Monterey Jack Cheese
- 1 tbsp Basil
- 1 tsp Celery Salt
- 1 tsp Cilantro
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1/2-1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- ½ tsp Pepper
- 1 Corn, Frozen Optional
- 1 Jalapeno Optional
- Fresh Cherry Tomatoes Optional
Instructions
- Cook the rice per manufactures instruction, but add a ½ can of the tomato sauce.
- Cook the pasta per manufactures instructions, but add remaining tomato sauce.
- Once rice and pasta is cooked, let it cool.
- You will need a 9×13 pan that is fairly deep.
- Chop the onion and green pepper very fine, use a mini chopper or food processor.
- Shred the Gouda cheese and Monterey jack cheese.
- Measure out your spices and mix in small bowl.
- Take the rice and pasta and add to your 9×13 pan and mix together.
- Then add spices and mix.
- Add the black beans, onions, green pepper.
- Mix in the Gouda cheese and top with the Monterey jack cheese.
- Then you can put rice/pasta dish into the oven just to melt the cheese, around 375 degrees.