Black-Eyed Jambalaya

Ingredients

• 2 pounds ground beef
• 2 cans black-eyed peas, drained
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 hot pepper, diced
• 8 strips bacon, divided
• 3 cups cooked rice

Instructions

1. Brown ground beef, onion, bell pepper and hot pepper; add small amount of water as it starts to fry.
2. When meat is brown, add black-eyed peas. Cook beef and peas about 10 minutes.
3. Add cooked rice; mix well.
4. Put mixture in baking dish.
5. Fry 5 bacon strips extra dry; crumble on top of jambalaya.
6. Place remaining bacon (3 strips) on top of casserole.
7. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 35 minutes.