Description
Hearty hamburger rice casserole brings comfort and warmth to dinner tables with its simple, satisfying blend of ground beef, rice, and cheesy goodness. Families will love this quick one-pan meal that delivers maximum flavor with minimal effort.
Ingredients
Scale
Proteins:
- 1 pound (454 g) ground beef
Grains:
- 2 cups (370 g) long-grain white rice, uncooked
Liquids and Seasonings:
- 2 cans (10.5 ounces / 298 g each) French onion soup
- 2 cans (10.5 ounces / 298 g each) beef consommé
- 1/2 cup (1 stick / 113 g) unsalted butter, sliced into pats
Garnish:
- Chopped chives (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare a spacious baking dish by coating it with nonstick cooking spray, ensuring even coverage.
- Heat a skillet over medium temperature and thoroughly cook ground beef until completely browned, carefully eliminating any accumulated fat.
- Create an initial layer of cooked ground beef across the prepared baking dish, spreading it uniformly.
- Sprinkle uncooked rice evenly over the meat layer, creating a consistent coverage.
- Gently pour French onion soup and beef consomme across the rice and meat mixture, using a light stirring motion to integrate the liquids.
- Strategically place butter slices across the surface, distributing them to ensure balanced melting and flavor infusion.
- Shield the casserole with aluminum foil, creating a sealed environment for initial cooking.
- Position the covered dish in a preheated oven at 425°F and allow to bake for half an hour.
- Remove the foil covering, exposing the casserole to direct heat for another 30 minutes until rice reaches perfect tenderness and liquid is absorbed.
- Optional: Garnish with freshly chopped chives to enhance visual appeal and provide a subtle herbal note before serving.
Notes
- Customize meat options by substituting ground beef with ground turkey, chicken, or plant-based crumbles for a lighter protein alternative.
- Enhance flavor complexity by adding diced bell peppers, mushrooms, or onions during the beef browning stage for extra texture and nutrition.
- Ensure rice cooks perfectly by using a quick-cooking rice variety or slightly reducing liquid quantities if using long-grain rice to prevent mushiness.
- Make the dish gluten-free by verifying that French onion soup and beef consomme are certified gluten-free brands before preparing the recipe.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 498
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 1200 mg
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 49 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg