Weekly Quickie Recipe: Rice with Tomato-ey Minced Beef

This was a favourite of mine growing up. It’s quite easy and quick to make, not requiring much time or ingredients at all. In fact, you can probably make the sauce in less than an hour. Ingredients needed are:

1 pound of ground beef
Marinara sauce
Chopped onions (one to 1 1/2 cups)
1/2 cup of portabello mushrooms (optional)
Minced Garlic
Cooked rice

1. Heat up a shallow pot with oil and minced garlic

2. Once heated, add the onions. Cook until they’re partially dissolved

3. Add beef and cook until brown

4. Add 1 cup of portabello mushrooms (optional)

5. Add 1 to 1 1/2 cups of marinara sauce to the beef and cook for another three to five minutes

Serve over cooked rice.

Note: An alternative to the tomato sauce is to use two fresh tomatoes.

About Cynthia Cheng Mintz

Cynthia Cheng Mintz is the founder and webitor-in-chief of this site and the petite-focused site, Shorty Stories. She has also written for other publications including the Toronto Star and has blogged for The Huffington Post. Her first novel, Aspirations, was published in 2007. Outside of writing, Cynthia researches and advises philanthropic ideas for family funds and foundations and also volunteers.