Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2        Tablespoons  vegetable oil
     1/4         Pound  ground beef or pork
  1           Teaspoon  cayenne pepper or to your taste
                        salt and pepper to taste
  1           Teaspoon  paprika
  1           Teaspoon  dry mustard
     1/2      Teaspoon  ground cumin
     1/2      Teaspoon  dried thyme
     1/2      Teaspoon  dried marjoram
  1         Tablespoon  finely chopped garlic
     1/2           Cup  finely chopped onions -- green or red bell
                        pepper -- celery
  3               Cups  canned or fresh beef or chicken stock
  1                Cup  uncooked white rice.

Preparation:

Cook the meat in the vegetable oil in a large skillet, over high heat for about 5 minutes or until thoroughly browned. Stir in the seasonings and the onion, peppers and celery. Reduce the heat to a moderate flame and cook, stirring frequently for about 10 minutes. Add the stock and stir, being careful to scrape all the brown bits off the bottom of the skillet. Add the rice and stir thoroughly. Cover and reduce the heat to very low. Cook for 15 minutes without lifiting the lid. Remove from the heat and fluff the rice with a fork. Keep tightly covered if not served immeiately.

Nutritional Information:

291 Calories (kcal); 28g Total Fat; (84% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 6mg Sodium