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Rice with minced meat and tomato paste in a frying pan

Rice with Ground Meat and Tomato Paste in a Skillet

The tastiest — made from simple ingredients, light, for any day! Rice with ground meat and tomato paste in a skillet is made by cooking the rice first. It comes out very rich in flavor, yet it's a reasonably budget-friendly dish you can serve for lunch or dinner. And you can change it up by adding other ingredients!

Julia M.

Recipe author

Rice with minced meat and tomato paste in a frying pan

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Rice

300

Ground meat

350

Onion

Carrots

Tomato paste

Water

Vegetable oil

Salt

Dried spices

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 14 % 7 g

Fats 30 % 15 g

Carbohydrates 56 % 28 g

267 kcal

GI: 11 / 89 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you make rice with ground meat and tomato paste in a skillet? Prepare the ingredients you'll need. You can use ground meat of any kind. I'm going to use ground pork. Use long-grain rice — it doesn't turn mushy and stays fluffy. Rinse it several times in cold water and drain off all the water.
Step 2:

Drop the rice into boiling water and add a little salt. Cook the rice until done, following the package instructions. This usually takes about 20 minutes. The cooked rice will be soft. You can leave it slightly underdone, since it'll finish cooking during the later simmering. Drain the cooked rice in a colander and rinse it briefly with water. Leave the rice to let the excess liquid drain off.
Step 3:

Peel the onion and carrot and rinse off any dirt under running water. Finely chop the onion and grate the carrot on the coarse side of a grater.
Step 4:

Pour a little vegetable oil into a hot skillet and add the vegetables. Fry them for 3–5 minutes over low heat. The vegetables should soften. Don't forget to stir them now and then so they don't start to burn.
Step 5:

Then add the prepared ground meat to the pan. Mix it with the vegetables and fry everything together for about 10 minutes, until the meat changes color. Judge the exact time by your own stove.
Step 6:

Next, add the tomato paste and a little hot water. Sprinkle in a little salt and spices to taste. Stir, cover, and simmer over low heat for 15–20 minutes. In that time the meat cooks through completely.
Step 7:

Add the cooked rice to the skillet and mix it with the meat. Simmer everything together for another 10 minutes, so the rice warms through and finishes cooking.
Step 8:

This rice with ground meat looks elegant on the table if you serve it in individual portions. To do that, pack the rice into a plating ring, press it down a little, and lift the ring off. Round out the dish with fresh vegetables and herbs. Enjoy!

For this recipe it doesn't matter which cut of meat you choose, since it'll turn out tender as it cooks anyway.
You can swap the rice for any other grain if you like. But keep in mind the cooking quirks of different grains! The cooking time may go up or down. Some grains need to be soaked first.
There's a simple way to check whether the oil in the skillet has heated up enough. Dip a wooden spatula into it. If bubbles gather around it, you can start frying.