Cabbage Burger Bake

Ingredients

• 1 small head cabbage 2 lb
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 1 12 lb ground beef
• 18 tsp pepper
• 3 c water
• 6 slices bacon
• 1 c uncooked rice
• 1 tsp salt
• 32 oz jar Ragu with mushrooms

Directions

1. Quarter and shred cabbage
2. Spread half in buttered 12-cup baking dish
3. Saute bacon just until fat starts to cook out in frying pan
4. Stir onions and rice in drippings
5. in frying pan and cook over medium heat stirring constantly until onion is soft and rice is lightly browned
6. Spoon over cabbage in baking dish
7. Cook ground beef and crumble over rice mixture
8. Sprinkle with salt and pepper
9. Top with remaining cabbage
10. Heat Ragu and water to boiling
11. Pour slowly over cabbage
12. Top with bacon
13. Cover and bake at 400
14. for 1 hour