Oriental Rice Hamburger Helper

This was tasty and quite quick to make. I reduced the soy sauce to 3 tbsp, the pepper to 1/4 tsp, and used 2 cloves garlic. I used a Dutch Oven to prepare this and it worked fine. Will make this again. Thanx!

Having been raised on health foods, I was never much for boxed or prepared foods. But back in the day, my aunt used to make this and I really liked it. However, she jazzed it up with canned button mushrooms and salt free cashews. The canned Asian veggies is a nice touch. I also cut in 1/2 the salt, used a thin teriyaki sauce and pickled ginger - like the Beef Bowl chain does in California (they use very thinly sliced and marinated beef or chicken). That was the closest I got to the HH Oriental Rice. Rather than the potent onion soup mix, you can also sub with beef broth or bouillon and dried onion flakes.

I think this was better than the original. The only thing I would say is that I'm fairly sure there shouldn't be 1 TABLESPONN black pepper in this recipe. That was a bit overpowering. I bet 1 teaspoon of black pepper would provide the correct flavor without the "In-your-face" pepper taste.

Tastes better then the orignal helper, not as salty. I omitted extra onions because of the onion soup. I added 1 tsp. ginger and 2-3 TBSP Vegteable Flakes. Loved by all......good budget stretcher and belly filler.

I used a package of brown gravy mix instead of the onion soup mix. I also replaced the onion powder with a little bit of season salt. This has been the closest I have found to tasting like the real thing.