Rice Shepherd's Pie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb hamburger, cooked and drained (or equivalent amount of leftover cooked meat)
• 1 onion, chopped finely
• 3 carrots, finely grated
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 1/2 cup chopped mushroom
• 1/2 cup finely chopped green onion
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped finely
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup soya sauce (i like wong wing best)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 can mushroom soup
• 2 cups cooked rice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon paprika

Recipe

• 1 in a nonstick pan, melt 1 tbsp of the butter and cook the garlic and onion for 2 minutes.
• 2 add the mushrooms and celery and cook until tender.
• 3 mix with the hamburger.
• 4 add the salt and pepper.
• 5 mix the mushroom soup, milk and soya sauce.
• 6 mix the rice with the green onions, carrots and 1/4 to 1/3 of the mushroom soup mixture.
• 7 in a buttered casserole dish, spread half the rice mixture, then the meat mixture, followed by the remaining mushroom soup mixture.
• 8 top with the remaining rice mixture.
• 9 dot with 2 tbsp of butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper if desired.
• 10 bake at 350 f for 20 minutes.
• 11 cover with sour cream and sprinkle with paprika.
• 12 return to oven for 10 minutes.
• 13 serve hot.