How to Prepare Tasty Super Easy Ground Beef & Rice Casserole

Super Easy Ground Beef & Rice Casserole.

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

Ingredients of Super Easy Ground Beef & Rice Casserole

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

Super Easy Ground Beef & Rice Casserole instructions

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..