This Cheesy Ground Beefiness and Rice Goulash is easy to make with pantry ingredients like foam of mushroom soup. Your family volition Dearest this quick dinner recipe!

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Cheesy Ground Beef and Rice Casserole

On occasion, I'll make a recipe where I know that I need to freeze any leftovers right away to keep myself away from them. This, is one such recipe.

This bulky, cheesy rice goulash is the ultimate fashion to employ up the ground beef you take tucked abroad in your fridge or freezer. The ingredients are super elementary. You'll probable already accept them all on paw, and there are tons of substitution options.

Yous tin can brand this beefiness casserole days ahead of time and information technology makes a great freezer meal. Yous are going to lovehaving this in your rotation.

Ingredients

See recipe carte for ingredient quantities and total written instructions

  • Ground Beefiness-85% lean is best
  • Italian Seasoning
  • Butter
  • Oil–olive, vegetable, or canola
  • Onions
  • Garlic
  • Beef Broth
  • White Long Grain Rice-See beneath forwhylong grain (vs. Instant Rice.)
  • Mushrooms
  • Sour Cream
  • Milk– any kind is fine
  • Cream of Mushroom Soup– Click the link for my bootleg version!
  • Cheese– Shred your own from a block for best results. Any kind of Cheddar works!

Instead of mushrooms, you tin mix in frozen peas, corn, and/or carrots.

How to Make information technology

Brown the ground beef in a large pot over medium high heat.

Mix in salt, pepper, & Italian seasonings as the beef cooks. Drain any excess grease if needed. Set the beef aside and embrace with foil.

Add butter to the pot forth with diced onions, melt until softened. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.

A pot filled with ground beef and diced onions being cooked.

Add beefiness goop, butter, and rice. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and embrace tightly.

Simmer for x minutes. Add mushrooms and replace cover. Do not stir. Steam for 5-10 more minutes. (Refer to rice packet for cooking time.)

Plough off heat, leave the comprehend on and allow the rice stand for 10 minutes, any rice on the bottom of the pot volition release.

A pot of uncooked rice and beef broth next to a pot of cooked rice and mushrooms.

Add the ground beef, foam of mushroom soup, sour cream, milk, and cheese.

Apply a silicone spatula and gently stir to combine.

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Don't Use Minute Rice

I highly recommend you use regular long grain rice instead of  minute rice:

  • Long grain rice = creamier consistency. Brusk grain rice tends to be stickier.
  • Regular rice has higher nutritional value and better flavor.

Using Brown Rice

Chocolate-brown rice takes longer to melt and requires more than liquid than white rice.

  • For that reason I would cook it separately, portion it out so that you have 3 + 3/4 cooks cooked rice at the end.
  • You may want to throw a bouillon cube into the water to add together some additional season.
  • You lot can then combine information technology with the other ingredients as outlined and skip the beef broth ingredient which is only needed to melt the white rice.

Make-Alee Beef and Rice Casserole

  • This casserole tin can be assembled alee of time and refrigerated for upwards to 2 days prior to baking.
  • You tin alsofreezethe unbaked casserole for another day. To reheat, let it defrost in the fridge overnight.

To Bake:

  • Let it sit out for 30 minutes prior to baking. Cover and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes.

Storage

  • Refrigerate in an airtight container for upwardly to iii days.
  • Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
  • Frozen leftovers can be microwaved for a quick lunch.
  • You tin can defrost in the fridge overnight, cover and bake in a 350° oven until heated through, the amount of time depends on portion size.

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Ground Beef and Rice Casserole is like shooting fish in a barrel, cheesy, and a pantry friendly meal that your family volition love! Foam of mushroom soup and other staple ingredients come together for the creamiest casserole ever.

  • 1 lb. ground beefiness, 85% lean
  • 1.5 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • Salt/Pepper
  • three Tablespoons butter, separated
  • ¾ cup onions, diced
  • i Tablespoon garlic, minced
  • ii ½ cups beefiness broth
  • i ¼ cups uncooked white long grain rice, (not instant rice)
  • viii oz. sliced button mushrooms, washed
  • 10.5 oz. cream of mushroom soup
  • ½ loving cup milk, whatsoever kind
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese, separated

  • Note: This recipe is designed to allow you to set all of the goulash ingredients in ane pot before transferring to a casserole dish for baking. Before you brainstorm, refer to your rice package for the amount of liquid (beef broth) and cooking fourth dimension. If preferred, cook the rice separately and skip the beef broth ingredient. You'll demand 3 + 3/4 cups of cooked rice to combine with the other goulash ingredients.

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  • Brown the ground beefiness in a large pot over medium-high estrus. Mix in salt, pepper, and Italian seasonings as the beefiness cooks.

  • Drain grease, transfer to a plate, and cover with foil.

  • Melt 2 TBS butter in the same pot. Add together the diced onions and cook for 5 minutes, until softened.

  • Add together garlic and cook for one more infinitesimal.

  • Add beef broth, butter, and rice. Stir to combine.

  • Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer.

  • Embrace tightly and cook for ten minutes.

  • Add the mushrooms, replace the cover, and cook for 5-10 more minutes. (Refer to rice package for verbal cooking time.) Do not stir the rice at any betoken.

  • Turn heat off, exit the embrace on, and let it stand for x minutes without stirring. Any rice on the bottom of the pot will release.

  • Add the footing beef, cream of mushroom soup, milk, sour foam, and One-half of the cheese. Stir to combine.

  • Transfer to a lightly greased 9 x 13 casserole dish. Top with remaining cheese.

  • Cover and broil for 20 minutes. Serve!

• If you adopt to utilise dark-brown rice, refer to packet instructions for cooking fourth dimension and amount of liquid every bit it requires more of both. You want to end up with 3 + 3/4  cups cooked rice.

• To make this ahead of time, assemble the casserole, cover, and store in the fridge for up to two days. Permit it sit out for 30 minutes prior to baking. Broil at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

• Instead of mushrooms, you lot may choose to use frozen peas, carrots, and/or corn.

• Leftovers freeze very well!

If you prefer to avoid condensed canned soup, you lot can make this with my homemade Foam of Chicken Soup!

Calories: 480 kcal , Carbohydrates: 23 k , Poly peptide: 33 g , Fatty: 28 g , Saturated Fat: 17 k , Trans Fatty: ane g , Cholesterol: 116 mg , Sodium: 1085 mg , Potassium: 650 mg , Fiber: 1 g , Carbohydrate: 3 grand , Vitamin A: 714 IU , Vitamin C: 3 mg , Calcium: 354 mg , Iron: iii mg

Course: Main Form

Cuisine: American