Simple Red Rice With/without Meat

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon chopped basil
• 1 teaspoon salt or 1 teaspoon salt substitute
• 1 (15 ounce) can zucchini with italian-style tomato sauce
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 4 -5 cups cooked rice
• 1 -2 cup cooked cubed lamb (optional) or 1 -2 cup beef (optional) or 1 -2 cup venison (optional) or 1 -2 cup elk meat (optional) or 1 -2 cup buffalo (optional)
• pam cooking spray
• aluminum foil

Recipe

• 1 in small mixing bowl, add the first seven ingredients.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl pour the zucchini and sauce. chop the zucchini in one inch pices.
• 3 add the tomato sauce, rice and meat, if desired.
• 4 mix gently.
• 5 with a rubber spatula pour out the onion and spice mixture and mix in slowly so it is absorbed throughout the dish.
• 6 preheat oven to 375*.
• 7 spray pam in a glass flat pyrex dish.
• 8 spread the rice evenly.
• 9 cover with foil.
• 10 bake 40-45 minutes.
• 11 note: if chilled before baking, bake another 15 minutes.