Vegetable, Beef And Rice Potluck

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 -1 1/2 lb ground beef
• 3 cans campbell condensed vegetable beef soup (sometimes the can reads " with barley" but use either one because they both have barley)
• 2 1/2 cups cooked rice (any kind you want -see directions below before you cook it)
• 1 medium onion
• 2 1/2 tablespoons chicken bouillon or 2 1/2 tablespoons beef bouillon, consentrate or cubed
• soya sauce
• salt and pepper, for taste
• 1 1/2 cups water, for simmering
• diced carrot
• cabbage
• cubed potato
• fresh sliced mushrooms
• red bell pepper, diced
• yellow bell pepper, diced

Recipe

• 1 ground the beef in a stock pot with a bit of oil until just cooked.
• 2 in the same pot add onion and any or all of the optional veggies.
• 3 i say optional because this is the kind of dish you can throw together all your veggies before they go bad-- and it still tastes great.
• 4 i personally like this with all the options- it's up to you.
• 5 whatever you have decided to add, saute them on medium heat for about 5 mins (you might need more oil) add water to keep everything from being scorched and simmer until all the veggies are just about done- approximately 15-20 mins.
• 6 while your veggies are cooking now is the time to cook your rice.
• 7 i usually use minute rice because it's quicker to cook.
• 8 and-- surprise, i cook it in the microwave which saves even more time!
• 9 i cook 2 1/2 cups rice in 2 1/2 cups water with chicken boullion and a tablespoon of butter or margarine on high for 7-8 mins.
• 10 tip: cook the rice in a large, high rimmed bowl and place a cover over top of it to create a steam effect.
• 11 add 3 cans of soup to the stock pot and 1 can of water and stir well.
• 12 taste to see if the veggies are done and for seasoning purposes.
• 13 at this time i usually add about 3 tbsp of soya sauce and my desired amount of salt and pepper.
• 14 once rice is done add the rice to the stock pot and mix well.
• 15 again taste to see if it needs more seasoning and turn off the heat and serve!