Spanish rice


noun
  1. rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.

Origin of Spanish rice

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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British Dictionary definitions for Spanish rice

Spanish rice

noun
  1. rice cooked with tomatoes, onions, green peppers, etc, and often flavoured with saffron

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