Cowboy Beans & Rice

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup long grain white rice, uncooked
• 3/4 cup water, plus
• 2 tablespoons water
• 3/4 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans (i used black eye peas)
• 11 1/2 ounces tomato juice
• 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies (undrained)

Recipe

• 1 cook meat and onions in skillet, stirring to brown and crumble meat, drain off any grease.
• 2 combine meat mixture, rice water, chili powder, salt, beans, tomato juice & chili peppers; stir well.
• 3 pour in to a 3-quart casserole dish,.
• 4 cover and bake at 350°f for 50 minutes.
• 5 stir and cover and bake again for and additional 30 minutes, or until rice is tender.