American "Chow Mein"

American "Chow Mein"

1 lb. hamburger

1 cup chopped onion

2 cups chopped celery

1/3 cup soy sauce

1 cup uncooked rice

1 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup

1 can water

Brown hamburger and add to other ingredients in baking dish. Bake 1 hour in a moderate over, stirring occasionally . It may need additional water. Serve with chow mein noodles.

A very good main dish for supper or lunch.

Submitted by Mrs. Edith Anderson of Clayton, WI

Blogger's Note: I opted for cream of chicken on this. It seemed a good choice to offset the darkness of the soy sauce. We used Southern Tsunami brand soy sauce but would also recommend Kikkoman, which is brewed in Wisconsin (Check it out here). I also set a 20 minute timer in order to stir it occasionally. I found this worked very well.

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This was incredibly easy to make. chop up a few things and throw it in a casserole dish. It doesn't get much easier. The ingredients are easy to find, easy to use. The hardest part of the dish was browning the hamburger.

This is what it looked like before baking. Pretty gross.

Once it was finished and served for dinner, we were quite disappointed. It was bland, mushy, brown and unappetizing. Although the concoction was edible, we both agreed that the fate of the leftovers was up in the air. Most likely they will end up in the garbage disposal. This was the worst of casseroles. WE HOPE! There are a lot more to go, and we may not yet have plumbed the depths of casseroledom.

The finished product