Hamburger Rice Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb lean ground beef
1/2 C fine dry bread crumbs
1/4 C chopped onion
1/4 C chopped green pepper
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cans tomato sauce
3 C cooked rice
1/2 C grated American cheese

Preparation

Mix beef, bread crumbs, onion, green pepper, seasoning and 1/2 can tomato sauce. Spread in greased 9-inch pie pan, pushing mixture to sides of pan to form an edge. Mix rice, cheese, and remaining 1 1/2 cans tomato sauce. Place in meat shell. Bake in moderate 350 oven 30-35 minutes or until meat is done. Cut into six pie shaped pieces. Serve with green vegetable.