Salmagundi Bake

I have no idea what the word "Salmagundi" is or means. My mom made this from a Better Homes and Garden cookbook. I make it now with brown rice and a little more spice and it's on the family comfort food list. Easy to put together and if I'm really lazy...I skip chopping the onions and green pepper and use frozen ones!

• Ready In: 1 hr 35 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup  uncooked long grain rice (I use brown)
• 1  teaspoon salt
•  pepper
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1  cup hot water
• 1  cup  chopped onion
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped green pepper
• 1  lb hamburger
• 1  teaspoon salt (another one)
• 1 1⁄2 cups frozen corn
• 2  tablespoons chili powder (or to taste)
• 4  slices bacon

Directions

1. Put rice in a un-greased 2 QT casserole dish and sprinkle the first tsp salt and the pepper over the rice.
2. Pour ONE can of the tomato sauce and the hot water over the rice.
3. Layer the onions and green pepper next.
4. Then a layer of crumbled hamburger (you don't have to cook it first).
5. Sprinkle the hamburger with the second tsp of salt.
6. Top it off with a layer of the corn.
7. Mix the chili powder into the other can of tomato sauce and spread on top of the corn.
8. Lay the bacon strips on top.
9. Bake covered for 1 hour at 375.
10. Then uncover and bake 15 min.
11. more until rice is done and bacon has crisped.