Instant Beef Rice Creole

This is great when you need something fast and easy. From "Yours, Mine, & Ours - A Family Reunion Cookbook", recipe credited to Colleen Closson Cornell.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 4

Ingredients

• 1  lb ground beef
• 1  tablespoon flour
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped green pepper
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped onion
• 2  tablespoons parsley
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 1  bay leaf
• 1  dash dried thyme
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 1 (8 ounce) can whole tomatoes
• 1 1⁄2 cups  uncooked  instant rice (I use brown)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1. Cook and stir ground beef in a 10 inch skillet until light brown; drain. Sprinkle beef with flour and salt. Stir in green pepper, onion, parsley, pepper, garlic, bay leaf and thyme.
2. Cooke and stir over low heat until onion is tender, about 5 inutes.
3. Stir water and tomatoes with liquid into beef mixture; break up tomatoes with fork.
4. Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
5. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Stir in rice; remove from heat. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.