Recipe - Mexican Rice Casserole

4 sl Bacon
One half cup Chopped onion
One half cup Chopped green pepper
1 cup Minute rice
1 pound Ground chuck
1 small Clove of garlic
1 Three fourths cup Water
1 cn (8 oz) tomato sauce
1 teaspoon Chili powder
2 One half cup Grated cheese

Fry bacon until crisp and drain. Add onion, green pepper to drippings in
pan and cook until tender. Add rice; cook until golden. Stir in beef and
garlic cooking until beef is almost done. Stir in water, tomato sauce and
seasonings. Heat to boiling reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

Spoon half meat unto 2 quart casserole. Sprinkle with half of the cheese
and add remaining meat. Top with the rest of the cheese and bacon. Bake at
400 degrees for about 15 20 minutes. busted by sooz
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 171 by James and Susan Kirkland
kirkland@gj.net on Oct 27, 1997