Skip to main content
Main

Rice Beef Hash

A hash of ground beef, rice, tomatoes, mushrooms, and peas simmered with broth and onion soup mix.

From the Recipes Wiki (Fandom) · 10 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Beef and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,232 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Rice Beef Hash

Time20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the patties

  1. Combine ground beef and soup mix.

  2. Form into 12 patties.

  3. Brown on each side in oil; drain off excess fat.

Simmer the hash

  1. Add mushrooms, tomatoes, rice, broth and salt.

  2. Heat to boiling.

  3. Cover; reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.

  4. Add peas and pimiento and cook until heated through.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

718Calories
39 gProtein
30 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soupnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Beef + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Tomato + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,065 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Mushroom + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,719 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Beef + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Ground beef
Forms the patties and provides the main meaty body of the dish.
Rice
Absorbs the broth as it simmers, becoming tender and giving the hash its starchy base.
Beef broth
Cooks the rice and adds savory liquid that flavors the whole dish.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and acidity that brightens the savory beef and broth.
Onion soup mix
Adds concentrated onion and savory seasoning to the ground beef.

The step that matters

Simmer covered on low heat. Once the broth boils, keeping the lid on and the heat reduced lets the rice absorb liquid and cook through evenly. Lifting the lid or running the heat high can leave rice hard or scorched on the bottom.

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, onion, mushroom, tomato, rice):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, onion, mushroom, tomato, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

You might also like

Tomato SoupTomato Soup526 recipesGreen PeasGreen Peas229 recipesRoast BeefRoast Beef211 recipesBeef LoafBeef Loaf175 recipes