Ingredients

2 cups white or brown rice
4 cups water
Salt

Olive Oil
1 large white or yellow onion, chopped fine
2 jalapeno peppers, cleaned and deseeded, then chopped fine
2 bell peppers, cleaned and deseeded, then chopped fine
Chili seasoning to taste (Choose your favorite or make your own)
1/2 pound ground beef (optional)
1 dozen roma tomatoes
1 dozen canning tomatoes (Big Boy or Better Boys were used tonight)

In a saucepan, combine rice, water, and a couple pinches of salt.  Cover and bring to a rolling boil.  Shut off heat and leave covered until rice has absorbed all of the moisture.  Note – Nothing smells worse than scorched rice, so as soon as it comes to a rolling boil, shut off the heat.

In a large frying pan, heat olive oil, then add onions, peppers, and chili seasoning.  If desired, add meat as well, but this dish is great without meat.  Cook until onions are soft.

While that is cooking, clean the tomatoes.  Cut off the stems and butts, then chop.

Add tomatoes and all resulting juice to the onion/pepper mix in the frying pan.  Cook at high heat, stirring occasionally, until all of the tomatoes have broken down.  There will be a lot of juice.  Shut off heat and add cooked rice and mix thoroughly.  Rice will soak up most of the juice in the pan.

Goes well as a side dish or as a main dish with sliced fruits and vegetables.  Makes enough to feed a small army, so either have a lot of hungry people or be prepared to freeze leftovers.