Sour Cream Beef and Rice Casserole

Sour Cream Beef and Rice Casserole

Sour Cream Beef and Rice Casserole Recipe

Sour Cream Beef and Rice Casserole - Ready in under 30 minutes!! Rice, sour cream, cottage cheese topped with a quick homemade meat sauce and cheddar cheese. Super quick weeknight meal! Serve with some green beans and crusty bread.

I adapted this recipe from one of our old favorites - Sour Cream Noodle Bake. The original recipe uses noodles. I've been on a rice casserole kick lately, so I decided to swap out the noodles for rice. The result was a fantastic quick weeknight meal!

This Sour Cream Beef and Rice Casserole has quickly become one of our favorites. I love all the flavors in this dish! I also love how easy it is to make. I usually have browned hamburger meat in my freezer, so this literally takes about 5 minutes to throw together. We serve this with some green beans and a crusty roll for a delicious weeknight meal!

Yield: serves 4

Sour Cream Beef and Rice Casserole

prep time: 10 MINScook time: 20 MINStotal time: 30 mins

ingredients:

• 1-1/2 cups instant white rice
• 1-1/2 cups water
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic salt
• 1 (8-oz) can tomato sauce
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese

instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Bring water to a boil in a medium sauce pan. Stir in instant white rice, cover and remove from heat. Let sit for 5 minutes, or until all water is absorbed.
3. Brown meat; drain off fat and return to skillet.  Add pepper, garlic salt, tomato sauce and Worcestershire. Stir and simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Mix together cottage cheese, sour cream and rice.
5. Lightly spray a 9x9 casserole dish with cooking spray.  Spread rice mixture in bottom of pan.  Top with meat sauce.  Sprinkle cheese on top of casserole and bake for 20-25 minutes.

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