Country Beef & Rice
Submitted by sillypill
A quick one-skillet dinner with ground beef, bacon, broccoli, and rice in a creamy mushroom sauce. On the table in 45 minutes with minimal cleanup. Serves 4.
YIELD
4 servingsPREP
10 minCOOK
25 minREADY
45 minWeeknight dinners don’t get much easier than this: one skillet, 45 minutes, and a hearty plate of beef and rice that the whole family will clear without complaint.
Bacon gets the pan started with a layer of smoky flavor, then ground beef and onion brown right in those drippings.
Frozen broccoli and cream of mushroom soup come together into a quick, creamy sauce, and instant rice soaks it all up while the pan sits covered off the heat for just five minutes.
It’s the kind of no-fuss cooking that tastes way better than the effort suggests.
Kitchen Tips
- Use the bacon drippings to brown the beef. That’s where most of the flavor lives, so don’t drain them
- Frozen broccoli works best here since it cooks through in the short simmer time without going mushy
- Let the rice rest the full 5 minutes off heat with the lid on. Lifting the lid too early means crunchy, undercooked grains
Ingredients
Directions
Cook bacon in a skillet until crisp.
Remove bacon and set aside.
Brown beef with onion in hot drippings in skillet;drain fat.
Add vegetables, soup, water and garlic powder.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 1 minute.
Stir in bacon and rice.
Cover; remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes.
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