Homemade is always the best, and you will quickly agree once you try this easy, tasty dish instead of its risky, potentially-not-so-good takeout counterpart. This so, so Super Sweet & Sour Supper will be on your dinnertime speed dial from now on! The delicious ground beef, mixed with the sweet, spicy, sour, peppery sauce that envelopes the tender rice, begs for you to have a cook-at-home kind of night! Don’t take any more risks. Once you try our Super Sweet & Sour Supper, you will never leave the house again (well, you will, just not for dinner)! So, when you are tempted to order takeout, stay in and enjoy this incredible dish instead! Check, please!
Ingredients
For the beef mixture:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- black pepper, to taste
- 3 cups long-grain rice, cooked
- 1 (7-ounce) can mushroom stems and pieces, drained
- 1 medium green pepper, sliced
For the sauce:
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 2 1/2 cups cold water
- 1/3 cup white vinegar
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- black pepper, to taste
Directions
Step 1 –Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 –Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
Step 3 –In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook and stir the beef until it is browned and crumbly, about 5-7 minutes. Drain the excess grease.
Step 4 –Add the chili powder, the oregano, the salt, and the black pepper to the beef and mix well.
Step 5 –In the prepared baking dish, add a layer of the cooked rice, a layer of the beef mixture, a layer of the mushrooms, and a layer of the green pepper slices.
Step 6 –In a large saucepan, add the sugar and the cornstarch and mix well.
Step 7 –Add the cold water, the white vinegar, the ketchup, the salt, and the black pepper to the sugar mixture. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring constantly, until it thickens, about 2 minutes.
Step 8 –Add the sauce mixture on top of the green pepper layer.
Step 9 –Bake, uncovered, until it is heated through, about 30 minutes.
Step 10 –Plate and serve.
