Hamburger and Rice
Posted by parker over 2 years ago
Rice and meat is a pretty fundamental dish idea around the world. Just look at the Spanish "Arroz con Pollo" (rice and chicken) staple.
My mother made a "hamburger and rice" dish which was closely related to ACS and equally loved in the family. I tried making it myself shortly after I graduated from college and failed miserably; it was only recently that I got around to calling my mother and asking for direct guidance. Since then, I've done it two or three times with greater success.
The ingredients are:
- 1lb. or so ground beef.
- 1 can tomato soup concentrate (e.g. Campbell's.)
- 1 heaping cup of instant rice (Minute Rice or the like)
- 1/2 an onion.
Chop the onion and put it in a large frying pan. Break the meat into small chunks and mix it with the onion, then brown the lot. I've had great results seasoning the meat with something like Lawry's seasoned salt while it's browning.
Once the meat is browned, add the tomato soup concentrate and water as directed on the can, probably an equal amount of water to the concentrate. (Just re-fill the can with water, then pour that in.) I like to add a big squirt of ketchup at this point as well, but that's optional. Stir to mix the water and concentrate, then bring the whole mess to a boil. When it's reached a boil, stir in the rice and turn off the heat.
Now you need to let the rice sit for fifteen or twenty minutes soaking up the soup. You'll know it's ready when the top of the food in the pan looks dry. This should serve four; I have a pretty big appetite and I get three meals out of it.
Substitution and variation: I imagine this could be done with regular rather than instant rice, but I don't want to be the one performing that experiment; I'm not a rice virtuoso. The ground beef can be replaced with any other ground meat (i.e. turkey, chicken.) I've also substituted chopped scallions for the onion with some success.
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