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This easy, flavorful Texas Hash is a family favorite recipe! It’s made with ground beef, peppers, rice, tomatoes and chili powder.
A few months ago, after we posted this recipe for American Chop Suey, we received a comment from a reader named Michelle asking if we had a similar recipe – only instead of pasta it included rice! It was a dish that she remembered her mother making for their family – but she never wrote down her mother’s recipe and could never get the seasonings exactly right.
Our reader referred to this dish as “Spanish Rice” (not be to confused with our version of Spanish rice posted here). But after researching the request a bit more – we believe that the dish is more commonly known as Texas Hash – and here is our version!
Texas Hash is a quick and easy skillet dish that combines ground beef, rice, and diced tomatoes that are cooked together with onions and bell pepper – plus a touch of chili powder and other seasonings.
What’s great about this recipe is that it all cooks in one skillet (love the easy cleanup!) – plus it’s a hearty and filling dish that the whole family will love!
We’re not sure if this dish is as delicious as the version that our reader Michelle’s mother used to make – but we sure hope it comes close!
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Texas Hash
Although not shown here in our recipe photos, we think this dish would also be delicious with cheddar cheese on top! (We’ve listed that as an optional ingredient in the recipe below.)
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup diced onion
1 cup diced green bell pepper
1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
1 pound ground beef, 80/20
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes with juice
1 cup water
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, optional and not shown in our photo
Instructions
In a skillet that has a tight fitting cover, heat olive oil over medium high.
Add onion, peppers, garlic, ground beef, dry mustard, chili powder, salt and pepper. Sauté until ground beef is no longer pink, breaking up beef as you cook. (Drain any excess grease.)
Add rice and cook for two minutes letting rice absorb liquid.
Add tomato paste and cook for one minute.
Add canned tomatoes with juice, water and Worcestershire sauce. Stir, cover and simmer for 20 minutes covered.
After 20 minutes, remove lid and fluff the mixture then serve. If the mixture is too wet, cook for another few minutes with lid off.
If you are using the cheese, sprinkle on top for last few minutes of cooking time with lid on.
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Great idea Christy!
I used about a cup of rice and a small can of corn with juice. As others said, you can add or delete, spice it up or down and it will still be amazing. SOOOO good with the cheese too. And maybe a dollop of sour cream lands on top after it is in the bowl. =)
Oh yes Darlene – I love the idea of a dollop of sour cream on top! 🙂 Great idea!
I stumbled upon your site when i googled “what can i do with ground pork and rice”. My husband and I loved this! And i think the kids can be won over… I didn’t have any bell pepper so I used a handful of fresh chopped spinach thrown in right before the can of tomatoes. And i didn’t have any ground mustard, so I used about a tsp of dijon mustard. Also used my ground pork, of course. Great flavor! Will be making again.
Thanks Emily! So glad you all enjoyed the recipe! Sounds like some great substitutions!
This was amazing!!! Smelling it while it was cooking was torture. I enjoyed every single bite and even kept the leftovers for myself instead of sending them to work with my husband. Even my “I don’t like rice” child ate every bite. I just went ahead and stirred the cheese into the entire thing at the end. Yummy!
Thank you so much Stacy – so glad you all enjoyed the recipe!
My husband does not like rice. Can I make this with elbow macaroni? Do you have any thoughts on how I would do this?
Hi Rosemary – You might want to start with our American Chop Suey recipe as an alternative: https://www.afamilyfeast.com/american-chop-suey/ – and then you could change up the seasonings and herbs a bit to match the Texas Hash recipe. Hope that helps!
I’d never heard of this dish, but it sounded easy and delicious so we gave it a try. Definitely something we will make again. The leftovers were even better the next day!
Thanks Lesley! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! (I agree – it does taste better the longer it sits!)
thank you
Would it be possible to make this in a crockpot? I made this the other week, my husband said this recipe was a keeper!
Hi Katherine – I really don’t know – the dish as written only takes about 30 minutes to prepare so I’ve never tried making this in a slow cooker. Sorry I can’t be more help!
I have one that my Mother in law makes that is called Texas Hash , it’s similar but not the Same . It’s very good and spicy with Rotel tomatoes and she bakes it . If you would like it , email me and I will send you the recipe . We love it
Thanks so much Sharon – we’d love to see the recipe! [email protected] – thank you!
Just made for dinner- great comfort food on a cold November night! I didn’t have tomato paste, so I skipped that, and it was still fabulous. I bumped up the rice to 3/4 c and that worked great. I added a little chipotle too, as we like it spicy. GREAT recipe, and I will print and make again for sure.
Thanks Amy! So glad you enjoyed the recipe!
very nice but needs 3x more rice.