Recipe: Meat Ball Chop Suey (casserole using rice and cream of celery soup)

MEAT BALL CHOP SUEY

1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup uncooked rice
1 egg, beaten
1 pound ground beef
Salt and pepper (to taste)
3/4 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups diced celery
1 (10 3/4 oz.) can condensed cream of celery soup
3 tablespoons soy sauce

Pour 1 cup boiling water over rice in a 2-quart casserole and let stand while preparing remaining ingredients.

Mix egg with ground beef, salt, pepper, and of the chopped onion. Form into 1 1/2-inch balls, brown in small amount of fat.

Add the meatballs with the remaining ingredients, including onion, to the rice and water in the casserol.

Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 75 minutes.

From: Recipelink.com
Source: 100 Years of Good Cooking, Favorite Recipes from Minnesota Families Gathered in Commutation fo the 100th Anniversary of the State of Minnesoat, The Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, 1953, Eighth printing, 1983