This beef and rice skillet is loaded with Greek flavor and ready in under an hour. It’s the perfect weeknight meal and so easy to put together.
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Serves 5:
1-pound lean ground beef
¼ cup olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
5-6 garlic cloves, chopped
Salt to taste
¼ teaspoon black pepper
Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
7 ounces diced tomatoes
1 bell pepper, diced
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
1 and ½ cups Basmati rice
Rinse the rice in a large bowl 4-5 times or until the water runs clear. Soak the rice in cool water for 15 minutes or until the meat is ready.
Combine olive oil and onion in a large skillet and cook over medium heat until soft and golden. About 8 minutes.
Add garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes or until soft.
Add ground beef and cook over medium-high heat for 3 minutes.
Season with salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes. Add tomatoes and cook (covered) for about 10 minutes or until the tomatoes are soft.
Add the diced bell peppers and cook for 5 minutes or until softened. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Add the parsley and mix it together.
Drain the rice and add it to the pot along with 1 and ½ teaspoons of salt and 1 and ½ cups of water.
Bring the mixture to a boil. Cover the skillet with the lid and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 15 minutes.
Fluff the rice and serve with feta, tzatziki, and a salad. Enjoy!
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That can’t feed 7 ? 2 cups rice barely feeds 4 here .lol
Made it this afternoon. Tastes superb.
Beautiful good explanation and very clear spoken thanks Dimitra god bless you
What a wonderful dish!
No leftovers.
That's the best compliment.
Thanks for sharing
Just got finished making this for dinner and it was really fkning good! Thanks Dimitra! Can’t believe how tasty it came out.
Another winner! Just made this. I added some oregano as well. Very, very good!
there is no flavour in this dish, where are all the flavourful herbs the Greeks are famous for?
Thankyou for such a simple, yet delicious recipe.
Kali Oreksi.
Hi, just made this recipe and really enjoyed it. Thank You.
Question: Can you recommend a versatile skillet perhaps the one you used here. What size is it? Thanks
I love this it was so good I just struggled with the rice I had to keep adding water and it kept deluting the flavor . I’m wondering now . Was the rice suppose to be done already ? Anyways Thank You for this Recipe . ..
Just made this recipe, only thing i did different was add a clove and added some Cinnamon, and it is delicious
I used this recipe to cook with my 2 kids… on my wife’s Time off..
Super easy, healthy and delicious.
Thanks.
Thank you very much for sharing this video! Made this dish about 4 times in the last month, with whatever vegetables were available and it’s always great!!!
This is one of my favourite dishes
Girl that’s Cajun dirty rice.
I've done it and eating it right now! It's amazing i love it. Greetings from germany
I add a bit of soy sauce for more taste it's delicious
can I use jasmine rice?
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Great dish! We made this last night!! Thanks Dimitra!!
Wonderful video. I an not much for cooking but I love to see someone who enjoys making great food.
Dimitra Eskises! I made it tonight and it turned out to be an absolute success! A Scottish traditional man and a Greek 67 years old grandma were amazed! And you all know how difficult it to amaze a 67 year old cook lady! ☺️ Even though Greeks i had no idea about this dish! Greetings to all from Hamburg! 💙 We had it with side tirokauteri (spicy feta cheese paste) and it was elevated to the sky!
Made this for dinner tonight. I sautéed in eggplant in with the other veggies and used a whole can of diced tomatoes. For the meat, I used a Greek lamb sausage that my butcher makes. I put feta on top with some chopped beets. Wonderful!
Made it & then added a cube of beef bouillon when I added the rice instead of salt & it came out amazing
Wow I love it!
Thank you for sharing this! It's a quick and tasty "things I need to use up" type of recipe. I had ground veal and bell peppers from the garden.
I know exactly what I'm making tonight. Thank u
Feta cheese and minced meat – vomit combo.
Lovely
AMAZING 😁 YUMMY 😋 BEEF RICE THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME BEAUTIFUL ✨,
Thank you for sharing this recipe, it was very tasty ☺️
Made it this week and absolutely love it! Thank you so much! ❤️
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I just made this- didn’t have tomato’s so added carrots olives and scallions- Delicious!!! 💯💯❤️❤️🙌🏾
This dish is lacking in flavor. It needs some spices.
Yum- Greek food is the best 💗
Oh Dimitra!! You give me tons of inspiration in the kitchen! I love using rice as a medium to deliver complete meals with robust flavors. I made this three days ago with my own twists, everyone LOVED IT!!
I have my own version of Persian Wedding rice and my own take on Biryani! So this has been added to my repertoire!!
Btw, it was great with ground turkey as well and was easy to make vegan with mushrooms!!!
So glad i've found your channel! Just found it a couple days ago, already made two dishes! YUMMMMMMM! So making this tonight.
I’ve made this several times and it’s such a delicious easy comforting dinner. Thank you I love all of your videos and recipes!
It is central Asian food Pilaf, Plov and thank you for a recipe
This a simple nice recipe to play around wit. I did fuss with it…I added extra salt, extra red and black pepper, 1 tsp cumin dill and parsley and a little butter. Also added some preserved lemon slices when cooking the rice.