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Ole
09-27-2010, 10:50 PM
Here's what I used:

1 cup of your favorite rice blend. (I use 2:1 white:brown)
1 can of diced tomatoes, not drained.
1/2 a bag of frozen broccoli. (you can use frozen corn/your favorite veggie too)
2 3/4 cups water
2-3 tablespoons of cooking oil.
1lb of ground elk burger.
1 Jalapeno pepper, finely diced.
3 cloves garlic, run through a garlic press.
1 teaspoon of Cumin
Pepper to taste.

First thing I do is brown the burger meat. Drain and set aside.
Same pan, add your oil, rice, diced jalapeno, garlic, pepper, and cumin.
On medium-medium high heat, brown the mixture. You want the rice to be about halfway browned.
Once the rice is browned, add canned tomatoes, water, and frozen veggies. Turn up the heat and bring the mixture to a boil. Cover and reduce heat. Stir about once every 5 minutes. In about 20-25 minutes your mix should be cooked. Taste it once the liquid is almost gone and you may have to add a little more water if the rice is still not done.

Should feed at least 3 or 4 hungry folks.

Enjoy. :)

Ole
09-27-2010, 10:56 PM
BTW: This is my first time making this from scratch. I used to use a box of Rice A roni and that worked great. I make this tonight trying for the cheap line.

I should probably have added some salt in retrospect. I hardly ever add salt to my cooking, but the final product had something missing and it's probably a little salt to balance out the earthiness of the veggies and tomatoes.