Mexican Ground Beef and Rice Casserole

By á-47

Ingredients

• 1 tea. oil
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 2 roasted red peppers, diced
• 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen thawed corn
• 2 cups uncooked rice
• 1/2 cups black olives
• 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups Mexican simmer sauce (like Frontera Roasted Tomato & COlantro Cooking Sauce)**
• **it will take 4 1/2 cups liquid combined between cooking sauce and chicken broth for 2 cups uncooked rice - add more broth if simmer sauce doesn't equal 2 cups)
• salt and pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to350 degrees.

In a saute pan over medium high heat, warm oil and saute ground beef until cooked, about 6-8 minutes.

Add to a large bowl, and mix with roasted peppers, corn, uncooked rice, olives, chicken broth, simmer sauce, salt and pepper.

Transfer mixture to a pyrex dish, cover with foil. Bake in the oven until rice is cooked, about 45 minutes.