Reviewed: Apr. 10, 2011

Very close to a recipe I grew up with. This was one of my favorites when I was younger, and I would request it whenever my birthday rolled around. Made it myself for the first time tonight, following my mom's recipe, and it turned out really good, but seemed to be missing something. Her recipe didn't call for onion soup mix, but that sounds like it'd be worth trying next time. Great comfort food, this one.

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RAUCKO

Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2011

This is fairly similar to one that has been in our family for a few generations. A casserole dish works well if you do not have a DEEP DISH pie pan (a regular pie pan is too small). We skip the onion soup mix. As the recipe says, use LEAN ground beef, not the 80-85% type. We also add in 1 cup of mixed veggies into the beef mixture. Otherwise, everything else is the same and it is always enjoyed by old and young alike. Serve with warm buttermilk biscuits and butter and you have a great meal.

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Denis

Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2011

The only thing I can say is that this recipe is a 5 Star recipe, as written, what some are missing is that this makes a great leftover and only need to be re- heated in the microwave oven for a second meal. It must be made with lean ground beef or it will be very wet. I tried higher fat content ground beef and the recipe does not work well. There are few recipes my wife want as left overs and this is one of them.

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Chuck

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Alameda, California, USA

Living In: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2011

This was mushy, wet,too oniony.

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alcush

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2010

Whole family loved it! substituted 1 1/2 cup of spaghetti sauce for the 1 1/2 tomato sauce. And it was delicious!!

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Amie

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 16, 2009

My whole family loved this pie. Per other reviews I doubled the spices. I didn't have any dried bread crumbs so I used crushed saltine crackers.

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Delia

Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2006

I didn't think this was anything spectacular. I would use this for an occasional weeknight meal because it is easy, can be thrown together quickly and quite cheap to make. Everything cooked just right in my oven. I put a solid tsp of all three herbs into the rice mixture, I think the flavor would have been lacking if I hadn't.

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Jason

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: New Hartford, New York, USA

Living In: Alpharetta, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2005

Tasted good, but the direction should say to put it in a deep dish pie pan. The rice was heaping over so when I put the cheese on for the last 10 minutes, some of it melted off the top - to the bottom of the oven.

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BEAUCHAT86

Reviewed: Jul. 27, 2004

I thought this recipe was very good. I added some extra italian spices, and baked it in a 9x13 dish instead of a pie pan. It turned out great, and cooked through in the time specified in the recipe.

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