Chili -cheese Rice Bake

This is a very different style recipe...a rice dish with a chili flavour...if you don't care for a very spicy taste, cut down on the chili peppers...a wonderful side dish. (Note: prep time includes cooking the rice)

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1  medium onion, chopped
• 4  cups  freshly cooked rice
• 2  cups sour cream
• 2  cups cream-style cottage cheese
• 2  teaspoons  italian seasoning
•  salt and pepper
• 2 (7 ounce) cans  whole green chili peppers, with seeds
• 2  cups  grated cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Set oven to 375 degrees./ Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking dish./ In a frypan, saute onion in butter; remove from heat./ In a bowl, mix together, the onion, cooked rice, sour cream, cottage cheese.
2. Italian seasoning, salt and pepper./ Slit open chili peppers so they are flat./ Alternate layers of rice and the combined mixture, chili peppers and the cheese in the baking dish (ending with the grated cheddar cheese)./ Bake, uncovered for 30 minutes.