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Baked Beef & Rice

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Submitted by ski

Ground beef and rice casserole sautéed in bacon drippings with tomato juice, stuffed olives, and paprika, topped with bubbly melted cheddar. Weeknight comfort food.

YIELD

8 servings

PREP

5 min

COOK

1 hrs

READY

1 hrs

This is the kind of casserole your grandma made on a Tuesday night and everyone cleaned their plate without being asked.

Ground beef, raw rice, and chopped onion get sautéed together in bacon drippings until everything is fragrant and starting to brown. Then tomato juice, boiling water, paprika, and sliced stuffed olives go in for a saucy, slightly tangy base with just a hint of brininess from those olives.

Covered tight and baked low, the rice absorbs all that beefy tomato liquid and puffs up tender. In the last 10 minutes, a blanket of shredded cheddar goes on top and melts into a golden, bubbly crown.

Five minutes of prep, one dish, and dinner is handled.

Kitchen Tips

  • Use regular long-grain white rice, not instant. Instant rice will turn to mush in the oven.
  • Keep the casserole tightly covered for the full hour so the rice steams properly.
  • Bacon drippings add serious flavor to the sauté, but butter or oil work if you don’t have any on hand.

Ingredients

1 ½ 680.4
POUNDS G GROUND BEEF
1 237
CUP ML RICE
regular
1 1
SMALL SMALL ONION
chopped
2 30
TABLESPOONS ML BACON DRIPPING *
1 ½ 7.5
TEASPOONS ML SALT
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML BLACK PEPPER
1 5
TEASPOON ML PAPRIKA
2 57.8
OUNCES ML/G OLIVES
stuffed, sliced
2 473
CUPS ML TOMATO JUICE
1 ½ 355
CUPS ML WATER
boiling
½ 118
CUP ML CHEDDAR CHEESE
shredded

Directions

Sauté ground beef, rice, and onion in bacon drippings.

Pour off drippings.

Add remaining ingredients except cheese; mix well.

Place in a 1½ quart casserole.

Cover tightly; bake at 300℉ (150℃). for 1 hour.

Uncover, sprinkle with cheese and continue baking about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 238g (8.4 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 355 46% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 18g 28%
Saturated Fat 7g 36%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 82mg 27%
Sodium 677mg 28%
Total Carbohydrate 7g 7%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars g
Protein 49g
Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 20%
Calcium 9% Iron 16%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free
 

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