Healthy Hamburger Casserole

Name: Healthy Hamburger Casserole
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 46 min
Yield: 8 3/4 cups, 8-9 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups of uncooked brown rice; 1 1/2 lbs ground beef; 1 cup chopped celery; 1 teaspoon garlic; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mixed mushrooms, chopped; 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup, healthy requests undiluted; 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup, healthy requests-undiluted; cayenne pepper (to taste); tony chachere's spice n' herbs seasoning (to taste)

Recipe by kittikatkrazee

I modified this recipe to be a healthier version of the recipe found in the 1995 Southern Living Annual Book

READY IN: 46mins

SERVES: 8-9

YIELD: 8 3/4 cups

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1 ¹⁄₂

cups of uncooked brown rice
1 ¹⁄₂

lbs ground beef
1

cup chopped celery
1

teaspoon garlic
1

teaspoon black pepper
1

(4 ounce) can sliced mixed mushrooms, chopped
1

(10 3/4 ounce) can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup, healthy requests undiluted
1

(10 3/4 ounce) can Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup, healthy requests-undiluted
cayenne pepper (to taste)
tony chachere's spice n' herbs seasoning (to taste)

DIRECTIONS

Soak rice in 3 cups of water for 1 hr in rice pot, then cook rice.
Brown, rinse, and drain ground beef – return to pot.
Season ground beef.
Sautee onions, celery, and garlic with seasoned ground beef.
Add mushrooms, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, and ¼ cup of water to pot – mix well.
Add rice to the pot – fold in (don’t stir or you will break up the rice).
Place rice mixture in casserole dish.
Bake at 325 (convect) for 45 min
If you don’t have a convection oven – bake at 325 for 1 hour.