This Cheesy Ground Beef and Rice Goulash is easy to make with pantry ingredients like cream of mushroom soup. Your family will LOVE this quick dinner recipe!

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A casserole dish filled with cheesy ground beef and rice casserole.

Cheesy Ground Beefiness and Rice Goulash

On occasion, I'll make a recipe where I know that I need to freeze any leftovers right abroad to continue myself away from them. This, is one such recipe.

This beefy, cheesy rice goulash is the ultimate manner to use up the ground beef you have tucked away in your fridge or freezer. The ingredients are super simple. Y'all'll probable already accept them all on paw, and in that location are tons of substitution options.

Y'all tin can make this beefiness casserole days alee of time and information technology makes a keen freezer meal. You are going to lovehaving this in your rotation.

Ingredients

See recipe carte du jour for ingredient quantities and full written instructions

  • Ground Beef-85% lean is all-time
  • Italian Seasoning
  • Butter
  • Oil–olive, vegetable, or canola
  • Onions
  • Garlic
  • Beef Broth
  • White Long Grain Rice-See below forwhylong grain (vs. Instant Rice.)
  • Mushrooms
  • Sour Cream
  • Milk– any kind is fine
  • Cream of Mushroom Soup– Click the link for my homemade version!
  • Cheese– Shred your own from a block for best results. Any kind of Cheddar works!

Instead of mushrooms, you lot tin can mix in frozen peas, corn, and/or carrots.

How to Make information technology

Brownish the footing beef in a large pot over medium high heat.

Mix in salt, pepper, & Italian seasonings equally the beef cooks. Drain any excess grease if needed. Set the beefiness aside and cover with foil.

Add butter to the pot along with diced onions, cook until softened. Add together garlic and cook for one minute.

A pot filled with ground beef and diced onions being cooked.

Add beefiness broth, butter, and rice. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cover tightly.

Simmer for 10 minutes. Add mushrooms and replace comprehend. Do non stir. Steam for 5-x more minutes. (Refer to rice package for cooking time.)

Turn off estrus, leave the embrace on and let the rice represent 10 minutes, any rice on the bottom of the pot will release.

A pot of uncooked rice and beef broth next to a pot of cooked rice and mushrooms.

Add together the ground beef, cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, milk, and cheese.

Employ a silicone spatula and gently stir to combine.

A pot showing the before and after shot of ingredients being mixed to make cheesy ground beef and rice casserole.

Don't Employ Minute Rice

I highly recommend yous use regular long grain rice instead of  minute rice:

  • Long grain rice = creamier consistency. Brusk grain rice tends to be stickier.
  • Regular rice has higher nutritional value and better flavor.

Using Brown Rice

Brown rice takes longer to cook and requires more liquid than white rice.

  • For that reason I would cook information technology separately, portion it out so that y'all have 3 + 3/4 cooks cooked rice at the finish.
  • You may want to throw a bouillon cube into the water to add some boosted flavor.
  • Y'all can then combine it with the other ingredients as outlined and skip the beef goop ingredient which is but needed to melt the white rice.

Brand-Alee Beef and Rice Casserole

  • This casserole tin can be assembled ahead of time and refrigerated for up to 2 days prior to baking.
  • You tin alsofreezethe unbaked casserole for some other day. To reheat, let it defrost in the fridge overnight.

To Broil:

  • Let it sit out for 30 minutes prior to blistering. Cover and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes.

Storage

  • Refrigerate in an closed container for up to iii days.
  • Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
  • Frozen leftovers can be microwaved for a quick dejeuner.
  • You can defrost in the refrigerator overnight, cover and bake in a 350° oven until heated through, the amount of time depends on portion size.

A white plate with cheesy ground beef and rice casserole with a fork. Green beans in the background.

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A spoon holding a scoop of cheesy ground beef and rice casserole in a casserole dish.

Ground Beef and Rice Casserole is easy, cheesy, and a pantry friendly meal that your family will love! Foam of mushroom soup and other staple ingredients come together for the creamiest goulash e'er.

  • 1 lb. basis beef, 85% lean
  • ane.5 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • Table salt/Pepper
  • three Tablespoons butter, separated
  • ¾ cup onions, diced
  • 1 Tablespoon garlic, minced
  • 2 ½ cups beef broth
  • 1 ¼ cups uncooked white long grain rice, (non instant rice)
  • 8 oz. sliced button mushrooms, washed
  • 10.five oz. cream of mushroom soup
  • ½ loving cup milk, any kind
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese, separated

  • Note: This recipe is designed to allow you lot to prepare all of the casserole ingredients in one pot before transferring to a goulash dish for baking. Before you lot begin, refer to your rice parcel for the corporeality of liquid (beef broth) and cooking time. If preferred, cook the rice separately and skip the beef broth ingredient. You'll need three + three/4 cups of cooked rice to combine with the other casserole ingredients.

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  • Dark-brown the basis beef in a big pot over medium-high heat. Mix in table salt, pepper, and Italian seasonings equally the beef cooks.

  • Drain grease, transfer to a plate, and cover with foil.

  • Melt ii TBS butter in the same pot. Add the diced onions and cook for 5 minutes, until softened.

  • Add garlic and cook for i more minute.

  • Add together beef broth, butter, and rice. Stir to combine.

  • Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer.

  • Cover tightly and cook for x minutes.

  • Add the mushrooms, supplant the cover, and cook for 5-10 more minutes. (Refer to rice package for exact cooking time.) Practice not stir the rice at any point.

  • Plow heat off, exit the cover on, and let information technology stand for 10 minutes without stirring. Whatsoever rice on the bottom of the pot will release.

  • Add together the ground beefiness, cream of mushroom soup, milk, sour foam, and HALF of the cheese. Stir to combine.

  • Transfer to a lightly greased 9 x 13 casserole dish. Top with remaining cheese.

  • Comprehend and bake for 20 minutes. Serve!

• If you prefer to use brown rice, refer to package instructions for cooking time and amount of liquid as it requires more of both. You lot want to end upwardly with 3 + 3/iv  cups cooked rice.

• To make this ahead of time, assemble the casserole, cover, and store in the fridge for up to 2 days. Let it sit down out for 30 minutes prior to baking. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

• Instead of mushrooms, y'all may choose to use frozen peas, carrots, and/or corn.

• Leftovers freeze very well!

If y'all adopt to avoid condensed canned soup, y'all can brand this with my homemade Cream of Chicken Soup!

Calories: 480 kcal , Carbohydrates: 23 m , Protein: 33 1000 , Fat: 28 one thousand , Saturated Fat: 17 m , Trans Fatty: 1 g , Cholesterol: 116 mg , Sodium: 1085 mg , Potassium: 650 mg , Fiber: 1 g , Sugar: 3 g , Vitamin A: 714 IU , Vitamin C: three mg , Calcium: 354 mg , Iron: 3 mg

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American