Recipe: Perfect Super Easy Ground Beef & Rice Casserole

Super Easy Ground Beef & Rice Casserole.

You can cook Super Easy Ground Beef & Rice Casserole using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Super Easy Ground Beef & Rice Casserole

1. You need of main.
2. You need 1 lb of lean ground beef.
3. You need 1 envelope of onion soup/dip mix.
4. It's 1 can of cream of mushroom soup.
5. Prepare 1 can of water (I used about 85-90% soup can full).
6. You need 1 cup of uncooked rice (not instant, I used parboiled brown rice).
7. It's 1 of medium chopped onion.
8. You need of ground black pepper.
9. It's 1 tbsp of Italian dried spice (optional).
10. Prepare of finish.
11. You need 1 cup of shredded cheese.
12. Prepare of garnish.
13. It's of chopped green onion (optional).

Super Easy Ground Beef & Rice Casserole step by step

1. What you need, a bowl and casserole dish, both about 2 quarts (2 liters) in size.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
3. Break up your ground beef into the bowl.
4. Just add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl except cheese and green onions if using..
5. Just mix the ingredients in the bowl together.
6. Give your casserole dish a spray with oil. Dump your meat mixture into the dish..
7. Even the top out. Cover and place in oven. MAKE SURE IT IS COVERED. If it is not covered your rice will not cook!.
8. Bake for one hour..
9. Remove from oven, uncover, sprinkle cheese on top. Place back in oven (uncovered) until cheese is melted and optionally browned to your desire..
10. Remove from oven, cover, let sit for 10 minutes to let the rice settle and the whole thing to solidify some before serving..
11. Serve, garnish with green onion, cilantro or parsley if desired..