This beefy rice casserole is an easy family friendly freezer meal. It’s great for taking out and cooking in the slow cooker on busy weekdays.
Beefy Rice Crock Pot Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef, browned
- 28 oz. can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup green pepper, chopped
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. chili powder
- 1 cup uncooked long grain converted rice
Assembly instructions:
- Place the uncooked rice in a medium sized resealable freezer bag. Seal.
- Brown the beef.
- Chop the onion and green pepper.
- Add the cooled ground beef, tomatoes, onion, green pepper, and seasonings to a large resealable freezer bag.
- Squish to combine.
- Remove the excess air and seal.
- Staple the bag containing the rice to the larger bag above the seal.
- Freeze.
Cooking instructions:
- Thaw.
- Remove the staples (carefully).
- Dump the contents of both bags to the slow cooker.
- Add one cup of water and stir.
- Cook on low for 4-5 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.

- 1.5 lbs cooked ground beef
- 28 oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 cup uncooked long-grain converted rice
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp chili powder
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Place the uncooked rice in a medium-sized resealable bag and seal.
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Chop the onion and green pepper.
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Add the browned ground beef that you cooked the night before, tomatoes, onion, green pepper, and seasonings to a large resealable bag. Squish everything in that bag together.
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Remove the excess air from the bag and seal.
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Staple the medium bag of uncooked rice to the large bag above the seal.
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On the day of cooking, take the meal out of the freezer and thaw it.
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Carefully take out the staples and add the contents of both bags to the slow cooker. Add 1 cup of water and stir.
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Cook on low for 4-5 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.
This family-friendly freezer meal is included in our Slow Cooker Freezer Meal Plan which has recipes, shopping lists, and printable labels.
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