Cowboy Beans & Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb lean ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup long grain white rice, uncooked
3/4 cup water, plus
2 tablespoons water
3/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans (I used black eye peas)
11 1/2 ounces tomato juice
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies (undrained)

Preparation

Cook meat and onions in skillet, stirring to brown and crumble meat, drain off any grease.
Combine meat mixture, rice water, chili powder, salt, beans, tomato juice & chili peppers; stir well.
Pour in to a 3-quart casserole dish,.
Cover and bake at 350\u00b0F for 50 minutes.
Stir and cover and bake again for and additional 30 minutes, or until rice is tender.