I made Texas Hash the other night. My first comment was, "Different...interesting!" I am not sure who sent this recipe in, but it is a good one! The recipe called for one pound of ground beef -- the closest to that I had was 1.25 pounds. I chopped up the bell pepper, and as I chopped the onion, I felt like half of the large onion was plenty. I didn't have any uncooked rice -- I only had Minute Rice. So that's what I used. I gathered and mixed all the ingredients, and poured it into a greased (PAM-sprayed) 2-qt. casserole. It seemed like it might be a little dry, so I added half a cup of water to the mix. The recipe calls for one hour of baking time, and I assume this is so the rice will cook. Since I used Minute Rice, I cut the baking time down to only 30 minutes. This made a lot! My husband and I made three meals out of this, complete with blackeyed peas and cornbread on New Years Day!
Do I recommend "Texas Hash?" Yes, I think I do!
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