Mom’s Hot Dish

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray casserole dish with cooking spray .

Pour hot water in baking dish (I nuke the water to get it really hot). Add rice and mix.

Brown hamburger and celery. Add salt and pepper to taste .

While meat drains, add the two cans of cream of mushroom soup to the rice and water mixture, stirring well to combine.

Add drained meat and celery to casserole dish; mix well.

Add soy sauce and stir.

Cover and bake for 1 hour.

Note: My husband also adds Tabasco, a staple here in Texas. These amounts are for a DOUBLE batch, which is the only way I make it. It can be halved, though.

To quote my husband to my new mother-in-law, “Momma, it’s the ugliest dish I ever saw and I ate three plates of it.”