Cheeseburger Rice Skillet

Pretty good. I used this as a base for my recipe of what I had on hand. It was pretty close. I had a pound of ground beef and 2 zucchinis. No dried onion or the rice mix, so I just used a small yellow onion and a cup of rice. Also used a can of diced tomatoes. I sautéed the beef with the onion, then added rice, tomatoes, water salt, pepper, some cayenne pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and a little garlic salt. While that all simmered for 15 min or so, I sautéed the zucchini with a little oil, garlic salt, and pepper, then added to the beef and rice mixture. I also thought it needed a little brightness to the dish, so just added some lightly dried basil and lime juice. Topped with some cheddar jack. Would probably be good topped with a little sour cream or plain yogurt (neither of which I had).

I made this recipe with 2 pounds of ground beef, 1 zucchini, 3/4 can diced petite tomatoes, 1/4 dice onion, and 5.5oz jasmine rice because that is all I had, but the recipe came out good. I followed the directions from this recipe just using my ingredients. It was very easy, but NY rice did take 15-20 minutes instead of 7.