Country Meat Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup green pepper, chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon oregano
• 1 1/3 cups instant rice
• 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated, divided

Recipe

• 1 for crust:.
• 2 combine all crust ingredients and mix well.
• 3 pat meat mixture into a greased pie pan.
• 4 pinch 1-inch fluting around the edges.
• 5 for filling:.
• 6 combine the rice, tomato sauce, salt, water and 1/4 cup of the cheese.
• 7 spoon mixture into meat shell.
• 8 cover with aluminum foil.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
• 10 uncover and sprinkle top with remaining cheese.
• 11 return to oven and bake uncovered 10 to 15 minutes longer.
• 12 cut into pie-shaped pieces.