Spanish Rice and Ham

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Cook Time:

Serves: 7

Ingredients

 * 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
 * ½ cup chopped onion
 * ½ cup chopped green pepper
 * 1 clove garlic, minced
 * 1 28-ounce can tomatoes, undrained, cut up
 * ¾ cup raw rice
 * 1 teaspoon sugar
 * 1 teaspoon chili powder
 * 1/8 teaspoon pepper
 * bottled hot pepper sauce to taste
 * 1 cup water
 * 2 cups cubed ham

Directions
1.In a large skillet, heat oil over low heat.

2.Add onion, green pepper, and garlic. Cook until tender, but not brown, about 5 minutes.

3.Stir in undrained tomatoes, rice, sugar, chili powder, pepper, hot pepper sauce (optional), water, and ham.

4.Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed.

Source

 * Ham Water Added by the US Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource—original source of recipe