Safari Supper

Submitted by echo echo

"This is a recipe that I adopted in the Recipezaar restaurant give-away of Feb 2005. I've made it myself a couple times now and think the recipe is fine. I personally like to add about 1/3 cup of chopped green pepper, but it's not necessary--I'm happy to sponsor the recipe as originally written. Cooking time shown is for the stovetop method, which is the one I've followed. I have yet to try the oven method, but according to the original cook it should take about 15-25 minutes longer."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 680.38 g lean ground beef
• 1 medium onion, Sliced
• 236.59 ml rice, Uncooked
• 591.47 ml water
• 9.85 ml chicken bouillon, Instant
• 4.92 ml curry powder
• 2.46 ml salt
• 1.23 ml ginger
• 1.23 ml cinnamon
• 118.29 ml raisins
• 44.37 ml peanut butter, Chunky
• 14.79 ml honey

directions

1. Cook and stir the meat and onion in a large skillet until the onion is tender and the meat is brown.
2. Drain off the excess fat.
3. Stir in the remaining ingredients.
4. TO COOK IN A SKILLET: Heat the mixture to boiling, then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender, about 35 minutes. (A small amount of water can be added if necessary.) TO COOK IN THE OVEN: Turn the mixture into an ungreased 2-quart casserole.
5. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F., stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender, about 50 to 60 minutes. (A small amount of water can be added if necessary.).

Reviews

[Bama Chef]

I absolutely love this recipe! I have actually been using a similar one from HillbillyHousewife.com, and was going to post it on zaar, but then I saw yours! :) Here are her variations in case you're interested: 1) instead of 1 1/2 lb beef, she uses 1 lb; 2) she adds 2 cloves garlic, minced; 3) 1-1/2 teaspoons curry powder; 4) 3 cups water + 2 bouillon cubes; 5) **I highly recommend adding peanuts and shredded coconut right before serving. It adds great texture and taste. Thanks for posting!!

 

[Matoszinho]

Great recipe! I didnt have chunky peanut butter, which i think would of made it even better. Also added a little more curry (2 teaspoons) and substituted ground turkey breast for the ground beef. Also used 3 cups of water instead of 2.5 cups. It came out great!

 

[Student Cook]

This was so much better than I thought it was going to be, It was great. I didnt have curry powder, so i just used tumeric, corriander, red chili, and cumin. I didnt really measure them - so I may have added more than what it called for - But it was wonderful!

 

[MrsMM]

DH really loved this, but I was a little underwhelmed. I used less rice than called for and I still thought it was too much. Overall the flavor is lovely. I had just a little less than a tsp of curry powder left, so I want to make it again in a hurry so that I can start over, less rice, enough curry powder. Definitely a hearty and super simple meal though.

 

[394mm493]

What a wonderful, unique dish. The kids loved it and it was also a hit with the adults. I used the oven method and the time was right on, but like a previous poster I had to add a little more water in the last 15 minutes or so. Thanks for the recipe, it's a definite keeper.