Stove Top Rice Oriental Ground Beef

I didn't know that Rice Oriental had been discontinued until I stumbled upon this recipe. How sad! But I'm happy to report that this will do as a substitute! I had to add about 3 cups of water to give the rice ample time to cook. Still had a few crunchy ones, but I'll adjust accordingly next time. I would suggest covering this while cooking. Oh, and NO mushrooms! Thanks!!!

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I was sad when GM discontinued this favorite. I made the recipe a bit differet: 2 lbs ground beef, 2 packets onion soup mix, 3 c. water, 3 tb soy sauce, 1.5 c rice, no mushrooms. Turned out wonderfully!!

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This was my favorit Hamburger Helper. When I lived back east they stoped selling it and My Mom would mail it to me from Texas. I was so sad when I couldn't find it anymore. As someone else said GM would mail it to you for over $5.00 a box. I made this last night and am very happy. I think it is spot on. Thank you so much. I like to add a little sweet corn to it. Even my husband likes this one.

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Sorry, but this just didn't work for me. There was very little flavor (I added chinese vegs. as someone suggested). The only flavor that did come through was too salty. I had to throw the whole thing out.

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The flavors worked really well! I added black pepper as well. Next time, I would add celery or carrots as someone else suggested, just to add to the texture. Thanks for sharing!

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I made this tonight. I am rating this a 4 because I made so many changes to it. We really like it with the changes I made. I added sliced mushrooms, carrots and celery to the onion. I also used garlic, ground ginger, pepper and broth instead of the water. It added more flavor that way. I didn't use the onion soup mix. We ended up putting duck sauce on the top and that made it really good. Thanks!!

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Dh and I liked this and wouldn't mind making it again. This is a good quick easy one pan meal.

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This wasn't terrible, but it lacked something... husband said if I add scrambled eggs it would taste like my homemade fried rice. I did however, omit the mushrooms due to personal preference. And halved the recipe for 2. Next time I will add shredded carrot for color, more soy sauce and some garlic salt. It is quick and easy! (Water should be increased by about 1/2 cup)

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I sauteed the rice before adding everything else. I did add about 1/4 a cup more water & it turned out perfectly. For those of you who don't cook rice, make sure you cover it while cooking. VERY easy and nice work night meal.

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Wow! This turned out so good! I followed the instructions, except I used ground turkey. I also didn't use mushrooms. This was very economical and very easy so I will be making this often! Thanks for the great recipe!

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Love this and so does my family. I use foodtvfan's recipe for onion soup mix http://www.recipezaar.com/110331 and it comes out great. I tried making this with brown rice, but found it took forever for the brown rice to cook (maybe next time I should make the rice ahead of time). Overall, great copycat of a childhood Hamburger Helper favorite. Thank you for posting!

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My family liked it! My kids weren't crazy about it though!

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Very good. I added water chestnuts and bean sprouts. Otherwise followed recipe as written, and thats hard for me to do but rhis came out great and will be making this again

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I thought this was great. My kids just so so, or I would have given it five stars. The only thing I changed, was I added dried onions since I was out of the fresh ones.

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This is quick and quite good. I did not have long grain rice so I used instant rice (1 1/2 C rice to 1 1/2 C water) and cooked it separately adding the soup mix to the water. Once the meat and veggies were done, I added the soy sauce and mixed all together. Threw in some broccoli too. Even the kids enjoyed this one!

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Everyone loved this. I never made the hamburger helper kind so I can't compare the two but with this recipe why would I want to. I left out the mushrooms and used bok choy (one of my favorite veggies) and diced carrots. I added them just b4 the water and let the bok choy wilt a little. I also added a bit of ground ginger. I used brown rice to keep this WW Core friendly. The kids loved this with chow mein noodles. I placed soy sauce, hoisin sauce and chinese mustard on the table and let everyone add what they wanted if they wanted. I'll be making this again. Thanks for posting.

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We loved the rice oriental "hamburger helper" we tried this recipe except we add water chesnut's and bean sprouts and instead of adding rice to the soup we make it in a rice cooker and serve it over chow mein noodles. WE LOVE IT!! THANX

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I'm sorry, but this just wasn't very good. :( It was edible, but very, very bland.

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I do not like hamburger helper, my son does. I am always trying to find quick and easy skillet meals that I like and my son will eat. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this dish is very good. The only thing I ran into is I had to add boiling water several times because there wasnt enough water for the rice to absorb to make it tender. The taste was great! I will be making this often. Thx

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I love this recipe and I use it all the time. The Hamburger Helper Rice Oriental was discontinued in the stores in my area, but I could still buy it online and Betty Crocker shipped it to me for a whopping $5 per box!! This recipe tastes better and is much less expensive. Thanks for sharing it. I have added sliced water chestnuts and sauteed celery and it was a nice addition. For a homestyle version, I added a can of whole kernel yellow corn. Yum!

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