Spicy Beef -n- Rice with Cabbage

Spicy Beef n Rice with Cabbage

• 1# ground beef
• 1# smoked beef sausage links, cut up
• 1 cup long grain white rice
• 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 3/4 cup water
• 1 10oz can diced tomatoes w/green chilies (Rotel)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (or more if like it with a BITE to it!)
• 1 medium head green cabbage (red cabbage works just as well too!)

Brown the ground beef. 

On a medium heat, combine the sausage with the browned ground beef and stir together for about a minute.

Add the rice, green pepper, and onion.  Stir until the rice becomes transparent (about a minute or so).

Add the water, tomatoes, salt, and cayenne and stir through.

Reduce to low heat, put the lid on the pot and cook for about 20 minutes.

Chop the cabbage however you like and add to the top of the meat and rice mixture.  Replace the lid and cook for an additional 10 minutes.

Remove the lid and gently stir the cabbage into the meat and rice mixture.  Replace the lid and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.

Remove from heat.  Serve while still warm.

This recipe will feed a family of four, with leftovers for lunch the next day.

*** I tried using minute rice with this dish and it came out really sticky, so I would advise staying with the regular sort of rice.  Just remember, it's important to heat the rice in the beginning until you can almost see through it.  I didn't use to know what that meant, but nowadays, I just heat it until all the rice is "not white" any longer.

*** Careful about adding too much cayenne.  It gains strength as time passes.  You won't know you've added too much until you've REALLY added too much!!

Good luck and HAPPY EATING!!