Recipe: Hamburger-Rice Pie with Variations (Hunt's Tomato Sauce recipe, 1960's)

HAMBURGER-RICE PIE

1 lb. ground chuck
1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cans (8 oz. each) Hunt's Tomato Sauce, divided use
2 cups cooked rice
1/2 cup grated American cheese

Mix beef, bread crumbs, onion, green pepper, seasonings and 1/2 can tomato sauce. Spread in greased 10-inch pie pan, forming a shell. Set aside.

Mix rice, cheese and remaining sauce. Place in meat shell. Sprinkle with a little additional cheese.

Bake in moderate oven (350 degree F) 35 to 40 minutes, or until meat is done.

Cut into pie-shaped pieces.

VARIATIONS:

SUCCOTASH PIE:
Mix and spread meat shell as above. Fill with 1 cup each baby green limas and whole kernel corn, frozen or canned, 2 tablespoons each chopped green pepper and onion, and the remaining can tomato sauce. Sprinkle with the cheese and bake as above.

CHILI BEAN PIE:
Mix and spread meat shell as above. Fill with 1 can (2 cups) kidney beans, undrained, 1 minced clove garlic, 1 teaspoon chili powder, and the remaining 1/2 can tomato sauce. Sprinkle with the cheese and bake as above,

Makes 6 servings
From: Recipelink.com
Source: Vintage recipe booklet: 21 New Ways to Serve Hamburger, Hunt Foods, 1960's