MOM'S MEATBALL AND RICE DINNER

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This is a casserole my mom made when we were growing up. I don't have any idea where she got the recipe, I just know it was the one thing I would always ask her to make for me. I still make it but as empty nesters I cut the recipe in half. The onions give it a unique flavor. It is so easy to make and just a few ingredients are needed. Hope you will try it and enjoy.

Provided by Deanna Rodgers @paintingdeedee

Categories     Beef

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup(s) rice, reglar uncooked
5 cup(s) tomato juice
1 cup(s) water
2 tablespoon(s) ketchup
1 tablespoon(s) salt
1/2 teaspoon(s) pepper
6 small onions, peeled and cut in quarters
2 1/2 pound(s) ground beef, very lean

Steps:

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or grease a large deep baking dish.
  • Combine tomato juice, water, ketchup, salt, and pepper. Stir gently just to combine the ingredients. Pour into the prepared dish.
  • Make the ground beef into meatballs the size of a walnut. Add the uncooked meatballs, onions and uncooked rice to the tomato juice mixture in the baking dish. Cover with foil and bake 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until rice is tender at 350 degrees. Gently stir once or twice during baking, being careful not to break up the meatballs.
  • Be careful when stirring not to burn yourself.

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