This homemade ground beef and rice recipe is a super simple one dish meal that you can have ready in about 30 minutes. It is delicious and perfect for busy nights when you don't have a lot of time to cook!
Chop the mushrooms and grate the carrot.Break the spaghetti noodles into pieces around 1 inch long.Rinse the rice in a small strainer and drain (optional but recommended.)
2-3 mushrooms, 1 carrot, 1 ounce thin spaghetti noodles, 1¾ cup Jasmine or white rice
In the skillet, cook the ground beef while breaking it up for about 5 minutes and carefully remove the fat. It may still be pink which is ok.
1 pound lean ground beef
Add in the broth, aminos (or soy sauce), rinsed rice, cut up pasta, chopped mushrooms, grated carrot, garlic powder, dried onion, salt and pepper. Stir well.
Bring the ingredients to a rapid simmer (almost boiling) stirring occasionally. Cover and reduce heat to low/medium low - adjust temperature so it is a low simmer.Allow to simmer for 15-20 minutes covered or until rice is tender.
Allow the ground beef and rice to sit for about 5 minutes before serving, enjoy!
Notes
Nutritional values are estimated and so are serving sizes.Liquid aminos are our preferred alternative to soy sauce, but soy sauce will work too. Liquid aminos are gluten free if you are on a gluten free diet.You can either omit the pasta and add 1 quarter cup more rice or use a gluten free pasta in place of the regular pasta.I prefer Jasmine rice, but you can use white rice or basmati rice. I don't recommend using brown rice due to the long cook times - the pasta will be beyond overcooked.For the salt - this will depend on taste and also depend on the broth you use. If you are using regular broth (full sodium), you may want to use less salt.