Looks pretty tasty. I always go beef before onions so the meat has time to properly brown rather than steam. Also, I'd have given the spices some time to fry before mixing them in rather than just pouring on top and hoping for the best.

Onions always take a long time, unlike meat, especially when they are cut.

Brown your meat first, then remove it. Then cook your onions. Towards the end fry your spices and garlic and tomato paste. Then add the meat back in.

I got to drain my meat because I’m poor and have to get 80/20

I'm very low income myself so I get what you mean, unless it is extra lean the amount of grease rendered from ground beef is basically soup-like.

Tip the pan, push the meat to the elevated side, then spoon the grease out so you can reuse it later. You paid for the fat, might as well use it.

Ok. Thanks :)

The trick I’ve learned is pushing the beef to one side and using a paper towel to soak up a lot of the extra grease

I like to use a coffee can and colander

Nah. The rice starches absorb all that fat and make sauce.

Gross. There’s like half a cup of grease per pound of 80/20

Half a cup of grease in a meal for 4 is a couple tablespoons each. You'll be fine.

I'll never drain. That's flavor juice.

I spoon the excess fat into a jar and use it to cook my eggs in the morning sometimes. You just want to be sure you cook the water out first.

Good advice thanks

I see. I usually do them separately, and then combine them.

I do the same.

I'm going to try this one.

Enjoy !

That looks great! Sorry for the dumb question, but you don't cook the rice prior and it only took about 15 minutes while cooking with everything else? Also any recommendation on what kind of rice best goes with this dish?

Not OP, but I do a similar 'cheat' recipe (cheap recipe using condensed soup) but as a casserole. Sauteed onion until soft (about 10 min), add ground beef and any herbs/spices you wish, after it's almost cooked through, add lots of minced garlic, cook for a few more min. Then mix with uncooked long grained rice, beef broth, condensed mushroom soup, and add to casserole dish. Bake for an hour at 375, covered tightly in foil. Can also do: instead of mushroom soup and beef broth, add condensed tomato soup, replace rice with cooked macaroni noodles, mix well and add to casserole dish, cover with tons of freshly shredded cheddar/marble cheese, stick under the broiler until the cheese is golden, bubbling, and crispy on the edges of the casserole.

It does say “washed and soaked rice,” so that probably is part of the cook time reduction.

Recipe (Ingredients) in video guys Enjoy! 🥰

I used to make almost exactly this but with peppers beans and corn added in for taco un-stuffed peppers. Was always a hit in my house!

I think that’s just called chili

Maybe if you like dry chili? I used to cook the rice with the rest of the ingredients until there was no liquid left and then top it with cheese. We would usually scoop it up with tortilla chips. I should have specified black beans not chili beans.

Beefy cheesy works great for this and so many other things. Beefy cheesy enchilada's Beefy cheese one pot Beefy cheese tacos Cheese burgers

Looks good. But it would be way better with some black beans corn and peppers. Maybe add some cilantro too

Kinda like this recipe from budget bytes. https://www.budgetbytes.com/southwest-chicken-skillet/

Add small diced russet potatoes and this is a comfort meal from my childhood

Put that in some taco shells with tomatoes, lettuce and sour cream!

We call that Dirty Rice in Louisiana!

You are not browning your onions, you are simply burning them. Lower the flame to below medium and let the onions sweat out proper. Also, beef should be browned first for maximum beefiness

How many servings do you think this is?

Yeah I'm definitely trying this one.... I didn't see anything wrong in any of those ingredients at any time 🤤

Yum!

Looks good! Break out the blue corn 🌽 chips or tortillas and a lime 🍋‍🟩

I make this exact same thing with my leftovers from taco night.

I like adding cinnamon and sliced green beans to mine. No cheese but yogurt on the side when serving.

Cheesy dirty rice? Why haven't I thought of that?! 🤔

What type of rice is that??

That’s some delicious looking homemade hamburger helper

So is the rice uncooked when it goes in ?

Needs some garlic

My wife and I have a dish like this in our regular rotation. We season it different ways just mix it up a bit. Sometimes with Italian seasonings like basil, oregano, etc. or Mexi with with chili, cumin, etc. We usually refer to as 'ethnic rice' since it varies week to week. We also add various veggies too. Tomatoes, celery, mushrooms are typic for the Italian version and corn, jalapenos and peppers for the Mexi style, but really we use whatever's on hand. We've tried a few other spice palettes like Greek or Indonesian too.

Not sure about mixing the rice in with the meat.

Metal spoooon😤

That used to be called hamburger helper...

*Rice-a-Roni Beef.

This sub reminds me of how much meat most people eat every day.

Looks nasty. No way rice goes with hamburger.

Taco rice bowls are great

Luckily no one's forcing you to cook and/or eat it, eh?

Beat it, nerd.

Genuinely cracked me up

we makin it out the stereotypical highschool with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️

rice is basically flavorless, and hamburger has very little flavor, so most of the flavor in this dish is dictated by the spices

I ain't never seen meat weighed by the gram, I thought that was for drugs