Cherokee Cassarole Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Brown ground beef and onions in oil till beef is no longer pink and onions are tender.
• 2. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, thyme, tomato sauce, sugar, soup and rice. Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer for 5 min. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• 3. Spoon in to a casserole dish and spread evenly. bake for 25 min. Then remove and cover with sliced deluxe cheese slices return and bake till cheese melts.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Brown ground beef and onions in a dutch oven until beef is no longer pink.
• Drain excess fat.
• Add the remaining ingredients, except for the cheese, and mix well.
• Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
• Place in a 9 x 13 casserole dish and top with the slices of cheese.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until cheese is bubbling and starting to brown.
• **NOTE**-Thisfreezes well (without the cheese, of course) so I usually make mine in 2 8 x 8 disposable pans and put one in the freezer for later.
• Add a small salad and some fruit and you've got an easy meal!
• **Istill think when I read it each time that it is too much garlic powder, but I have tried with less and it really does need that much.
• I also don't know why the sugar is there, but the taste is not the same without it!

Steps:

• Drain the beans and put into a large heavy casserole, preferably enameled cast iron, with bacon, pork rind, garlic, 1 onion, the carrot, and the bouquet garni. Cover with the 10 cups of water and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat, stirring often, until beans are barely tender, about 1 hour. Drain and return to casserole, discarding onion and bouquet garni.
• Add the remaining onion, the duck legs, demi-glace mixture, and tomatoes, and bring to a boil. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, and simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes.
• Drain the bean mixture in a colander over a bowl and reserve 5 cups of the cooking liquid. Discard bacon and pork rind. Remove the duck legs and cut each in half at the joint. Season beans with 1 teaspoon salt and a few grindings of pepper.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Place half the bean mixture in casserole. Add duck legs, duck sausage, and garlic sausage, and cover with remaining beans. Add reserved cooking liquid and drizzle the duck fat over the top. Cover and bake until hot and bubbling, about 2 hours. (Cassoulet may be prepared ahead to this point, then cooled and refrigerated for up to 3 days. If refrigerated, bring to room temperature before proceeding).
• Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F. Uncover cassoulet and bake until top is browned, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and serve.

Steps:

• Cook rice per normal cooking instructions.
• While rice cooks, brown meat and cook onions until tender.
• Drain excess fat from meat.
• Combine meat and onions in skillet, and add crushed tomatoes, mushroom soup, bay leaf, oregano, garlic powder, cumin, salt, pepper, olives.
• Simmer together in skillet until rice is finished cooking.
• Add rice, and mix all ingredients well.
• Top casserole with cheese until melted.

Steps:

• 1. Brown ground beef in skillet, i use an electric skillet, Drain well
• 2. Add soup, tomatoes, and green chilies, then add cooked rice. Mix well.
• 3. Continue cooking until heated throughout. Turn heat to low.
• 4. Sprinkle cheese over top. Cover.
• 5. Continue to cook until cheese melts ( 5 minutes ) Makes 6 servings. I cup each.