• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Amish 365
  • About
  • Amish Recipes
  • Amish Culture
  • Amish Marketplace
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Amish Recipes
  • Amish Culture
  • About
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • Amish Recipes
    • Amish Culture
    • About
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Recipes » Plain Culture

    The Bishop's Beefy Sour Cream Rice Bake

    Published: May 12, 2021 · Updated: May 12, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 2 Comments

    Jump to Recipe

    The Bishop's Beefy Sour Cream Rice Bake is one of these hearty farmhouse meals that the Amish are legendary for.  Rice isn't sometimes the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Amish cooking, but rice is available in large quantities, sold in big burlap bags in most Amish-owned bulk food stores.  Rice is cheap and it can be used to stretch a meal.  Rice, historically, was not a large part of the Amish menu but with the advent of quick rices, etc, the staple has gradually gained currency in Amish homes.

    Sour cream is  also indispensable in most Amish kitchens. Often, Amish cooks will make their own homemade sour cream, which is the natural kind that just ferments on its own. Of course, you can buy the store-bought sour cream which is simply a mass-produced, manufactured version of the same thing. But if you ever have a chance to taste naturally made sour cream that ferments on its own, there is a taste difference. Either way, sour cream adds a fuller flavor to so many different things. You can add sour cream to cookies, cakes, and so many baked goods to give it this richer flavor. However, it can also be used more directly in cooking.  Sour cream rice bake is a classic example of how sour cream can really liven up an otherwise drab dish

    This is an Amish recipe that my Mom and Dad tried and loved, it's an Amish recipe.  If you like a big, hearty farmhouse-style supper, this one is for you!

    Browning the hamburger....
    Whipping up the rice!
    Assembling the casserole
    Ready for the oven
    The Bishop's Beefy Sour Cream Rice Bake
    Homemade sour cream rice bake...
    The Bishop's Beefy Sour Cream Rice Bake

    Now, if you want to try this amazing recipe, which my parents christened as "delicious", here it is.  The recipe comes from an Amish cook in Kentucky, who's husband is a bishop, and this is one of his favorite meals!

    Jump to:
    • 🐄 The Bishop's Beefy Sour Cream Rice Bake
    • 📋 Instructions
    • 🐄 More Amish Recipes With Sour Cream
    • 🖨️ Full Recipe

    🐄 The Bishop's Beefy Sour Cream Rice Bake

    • 1 pound ground beef
    • 15 ounces canned tomato sauce
    • 1½ cups long grain, white rice
    • 3 cups water (or beef broth)
    • 1 cup cottage cheese
    • ½ cup sour cream
    • 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
    • salt and pepper, to taste

    📋 Instructions

    1. Add the rice and water to a medium sauce pan over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cover the pan.
    2. Cook for 15-18 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the water is absorbed. Allow to sit, covered, for 5 minutes.
    3. While the rice is cooking, brown the ground beef in a skillet until cooked through. Remove from the heat, drain the grease, and add the tomato sauce to the pan.
    4. Add the rice to a large mixing bowl and dump in the sour cream and cottage cheese. Stir to combine. Salt and pepper, to taste.
    5. In a 2 quart baking dish place half of the rice on the bottom of the dish. Top with half of the meat and tomato sauce mixture. Sprinkle on half of the cheese. Repeat the layers.
    6. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
    7. Serve hot.

    🐄 More Amish Recipes With Sour Cream

    Sour Cream Cookies - Wow!

    Mennonite Sour Cream Chicken - Delicious!

    Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies - So soft!

    Sour Cream Apple Pie - Perfect!

    🖨️ Full Recipe

    The Bishop's Beefy Sour Cream Rice Bake

    The Bishops Beefy Sour Cream and Rice Bake

    Print Recipe Pin Recipe
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 pound ground beef
    • 15 ounces canned tomato sauce
    • 1½ cups long grain, white rice
    • 3 cups water (or beef broth)
    • 1 cup cottage cheese
    • ½ cup sour cream
    • 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
    • salt and pepper to taste

    Instructions
     

    • Add the rice and water to a medium sauce pan over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
    • Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cover the pan.Cook for 15-18 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the water is absorbed.
    • Allow to sit, covered, for 5 minutes.
    • While the rice is cooking, brown the ground beef in a skillet until cooked through.
    • Remove from the heat, drain the grease, and add the tomato sauce to the pan.
    • Add the rice to a large mixing bowl and dump in the sour cream and cottage cheese.
    • Stir to combine. Salt and pepper, to taste.In a 2 quart baking dish place half of the rice on the bottom of the dish.
    • Top with half of the meat and tomato sauce mixture.
    • Sprinkle on half of the cheese. Repeat the layers.
    • Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted.Serve hot.
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
    « Best Amish Strawberry Coffeecake
    Easy Pull-Apart Chocolate Peanut Butter Coffeecake »

    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Judy

      May 13, 2021 at 6:10 pm

      Hi Kevin, love reading your short notes and the recipes. I have tried a few, but this Beefy Sour cream Bake is great! Really love it! Had to improvise or omit a few things, but still is delicious! Actually made one to have Tonite and one for the freezer! Have fun with your million dollar article!

      Reply
      • Kevin Williams

        May 13, 2021 at 11:10 pm

        Glad you liked the recipe, Judy, it's a good one!

        Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Kevin Williams - The Amish Editor Amish Cook Column

    Hi There, I'm Kevin!

    Welcome to Amish365, where I share my knowledge of Amish cooking and culture! I’ve spent almost three decades exploring Amish settlements and kitchens from Maine to Montana and almost everywhere in between. I’ll occasionally throw in stories of my travels, journalism adventures (I’m a Pulitzer prize-nominated journalist), fascination with grocery stores and Kmarts, and much more!

    More about me →

    Latest Amish Recipes

    • Can Brown Sugar Meatloaf Save A Marriage?
    • How Do The Amish Keep Warm During Winter?
    • The Bishop's Overnight Chicken and Macaroni Casserole
    • Sour Milk Cookies and 4 other Amish Recipes Using Sour Milk
    dutchcrafters

    Download The "Almost Amish" Ebook

    Footer

    Footer

    About

    • About The Amish Editor
    • Download "Almost Amish" Ebook
    • Amish Communities
    • Amish Marketplace

    Contact

    • Work With Us
    • Contact

    *As a member of various affiliate programs I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2000 - 2020 Amish 365 | Powered by Touch The Road