Texas Hash is the tried-and-true hearty, easy weeknight meal that is hard to beat! It is one of those comforting and tasty ground beef recipes that the whole family love, and it's ready to serve in just 40 minutes.
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🌟 Why this recipe works
This Texas Hash recipe makes a deliciously meaty, flavorful meal using simple ingredients. These ingredients you can get all year round, and may already have most of them in your pantry and freezer!
Texas Hash is also really economical, with ground beef, canned diced tomatoes, and rice being some of the main ingredients involved in this budget-friendly recipe.
The delicious tomato-flavored broth with succulent ground beef is comforting, and the slight kick of chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic ties it all together. The addition of rice makes this dish a hearty meal, perfect for the winter evenings.
Any home cook can make this delicious hearty dish in 40 minutes using one skillet. It's also adaptable to cater to your liking and is sure to become a new family favorite.
Add this Texas hash recipe to your repertoire of ready-made meals and store one in the freezer. It is a breeze to reheat, making it perfect for those busy weeknights when you don't have time to cook.
🍽 Key Ingredients
Apart from some lean ground beef, you'll probably have the rest of the ingredients to make this Texas hash in the pantry and fridge.
Ground Beef - Lean ground beef has a rich, savory, juicy flavor that, when marbled with fat, gives it a slightly sweet taste.
Onion and Garlic - This essential combination adds that tasty, aromatic foundation to this Texas Hash and most other savory dishes.
Green Pepper - When cooked, green peppers offer a slightly sweet and charred flavor to any dish they are included in, especially a rice casserole such as this Texas hash.
Canned diced tomatoes - Add canned tomatoes to give a rich, slightly acidic, sweet flavor to any pasta sauce, soup, and casserole.
Long grain rice - The taste of cooked rice is a little nutty and sweet and goes great with a whole host of main meals. When cooked into this meal, it gloriously takes on a meaty, savory flavor!
Chili powder - The addition of the chili in this Texas hash recipe helps to elevate the spicy flavor and gives it a nice reddish color.
Worcestershire sauce - Similar to barbecue sauce, but much lighter. Worcestershire sauce adds a little smoky, salty sweetness to the cooked beef.
Top it off with shredded Cheddar cheese and chopped parsley - Use an aged cheddar for an extra bite and freshly chopped parsley on top of your Texas Hash.
Substitutions
White rice
You can change the long grain white rice with brown rice to get a bolder nutty flavor in your Texas Hash. You will need to cook this longer, as brown rice needs more cooking time than white rice.
Ground meat
You can change the ground meat in this Texas Hash to ground turkey, ground pork, or even shredded chicken.
Chili powder
If chili powder is too spicy for your household, try using Paprika spice instead. It adds color and the mild aroma of a red bell pepper without the burning sensation that chili powder gives to dishes.
🔪 How to make
Making this Texas Hash recipe from scratch is easy to make in 40 minutes and only uses one skillet to make it. Just combine everything in the skillet, bake it, and your delicious weeknight meal is ready to be eaten!
Preparations
- Dice the onions and garlic cloves into smaller cubes and then set them aside.
- Cut the green bell pepper in half lengthwise and remove the seeds and ribs from the inside of the pepper. Cut the pepper into coarse squares and then set aside
- Remove ground beef from freezer/refrigerator and let it warm to room temperature
- Shred the cheese using a hand grater and chop the fresh parsley.
Cooking instructions
Step 1
Start by adding about two tablespoons of olive oil to a large 12-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat. Brown the ground beef, onion, and green pepper. Cook together until ground beef is no longer pink and the vegetables start to soften. Drain off any fat.
Step 2
Next, add the canned tomatoes, uncooked rice, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Stir well.
Step 3
Cover the cast iron skillet with an oven-safe lid or with aluminum foil.
Step 4
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius). Bake a covered skillet for 35-45 minutes or until the rice is tender.
Step 5
Use a fork to fluff the rice.
Step 6
Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese and freshly chopped parsley.
Step 7
Serve immediately, accompanied by a toasted baguette.
💭 Cooking tips
Rice
Rinse rice under cold water a few times until the water runs close to clear. This action removes the starch in uncooked rice and makes it less gluggy.
Cheese on top
Once you have pulled the skillet out of the oven and fluffed the rice, immediately add the shredded cheese and parsley, then cover it again and let it stand for a few minutes until the cheese melts.
Tomato Paste
You can boost the flavor of the homemade tomato sauce by adding a tablespoon of tomato paste.
📖 Recipe Variations
This Southern-classic Texas hash recipe is such a good family dish full of flavor and hearty ingredients and is the perfect base for additional spices, bacon, or melty cheese.
Texas hash with bacon
Make this an all-day Texan breakfast by adding pieces of smoky bacon to this Texas hash recipe. First, cook 10 slices of chopped bacon in the skillet, take them out, and then cook the rest of the ingredients in that delicious bacon fat!
Throw that crispy cooked bacon back into the mix just before adding the rice and diced tomatoes.
Spicy Texas hash
If you want your dinner hash to be extra spicy, add 1 teaspoon of ground cumin, 1 or 2 sliced jalapeno peppers, extra chili powder, and 1 cup of drained black beans to the ground beef of your next Texas hash.
Texas hash with mashed potato and cheese topping
Need an extra-comforting dinner? Follow all the steps of this Texas Hash recipe, then after fluffing the rice with a fork, add a layer of cooked mashed potatoes, topped with grated cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper, and then return the dish to the oven for another ten minutes to give it a crispy cheesy topping.
🥗 What to serve with
If you want to make a table feast with this delicious Texas hash and need some other quick and easy recipes to pair with it, give these tasty dishes to go alongside it.
Southern-style Fried Cabbage
Fried bacon and cabbage, yum! This delicious southern-style fried cabbage could be the perfect, one-skillet complimentary side dish to your Texas hash.
🙋 Frequently asked questions
Can you make Texas Hash without rice?
Of course, in this version, you can replace the rice with dry lentils (it takes at least over an hour or more to cook dry lentils) or leave them out. Just remember to adjust the cooking times for whichever way you choose.
Can I prepare my Texas hash in advance?
This is a great meal prep recipe that you can keep stored in the fridge or freezer before reheating and serving.
🧊 Storing and ♨️ reheating
The Texas Hash is an ideal meal to make ahead of time. It stores excellent and reheats easily. Make a double batch to have some now and some for later on.
Fridge - Let leftovers cool down, then carefully transfer them into an airtight container and keep them in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Freezer - I often make a few batches and then store them in the freezer for up to 3 months. Simply cover the dish with a few layers of plastic wrap and place it in the freezer.
Reheating
You can reheat any leftovers in the microwave, oven, or stovetop. If it is frozen, let it defrost first, then follow the reheating methods below.
Microwave
Once thawed, put leftovers into a microwave-safe container and cook on high for about 5 minutes, pausing to stir everything around the 3-minute mark.
Oven
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius) and put leftovers into an oven-safe dish, cover with foil and reheat for about 5-8 minutes.
Stovetop
Set a pan or skillet over medium-high heat, add a little olive oil, and then add defrosted leftovers. Add some water, stir, cover with a lid, and steam for about 5 minutes.
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👪 Serving size
This fabulous ground beef recipe will serve about 6 people and easily scales up to make bigger batches by simply doubling the ingredients.
I usually double the recipe, serve half of it and store the rest in the freezer for an easy, ready-to-go meal. It's a delicious comforting meal that is guaranteed to be a favorite with the guests! Give it a go, and let me know what you think in the comments.
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📋 Recipe
Texas Hash (Easy One-Pot Meal!)
Ingredients
- 1 pound Ground beef
- 1 medium Onion - diced
- 1 Green pepper - diced (about ¾ cup)
- 2 cups Canned tomatoes with juice - (16 ounces)
- ½ cup Uncooked long grain rice
- 1 teaspoon Chili powder
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon Pepper
- 1 cup Shredded cheddar cheese for serving with chopped parsley
Instructions
Preparations
- Dice the onions and garlic cloves into smaller cubes and then set them aside.
- Cut the green bell pepper in half lengthwise and remove the seeds and ribs from the inside of the pepper. Cut the pepper into coarse squares and then set aside
- Remove ground beef from freezer/refrigerator and let it warm to room temperature
- Shred the cheese using a hand grater and chop the fresh parsley.
Cooking instructions
- Start by adding about two tablespoons of olive oil to a large 12-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat. Brown the ground beef, onion, and green pepper. Cook together until ground beef is no longer pink and the vegetables start to soften. Drain off any fat.
- Next, add the canned tomatoes, uncooked rice, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Stir well.
- Cover the cast iron skillet with an oven-safe lid or with aluminum foil.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius). Bake a covered skillet for 35-45 minutes or until the rice is tender.
- Use a fork to fluff the rice.
- Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese and freshly chopped parsley.
- Serve immediately, accompanied by a toasted baguette.
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