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All right, here you go. I did this for a Halloween party and they were a huge hit. Everybody loved them...there was none left. Some of the women were a little squimish but all in all it was pretty cool. I used chow mein noodles for the wiskers....they were just crooked enough to give you the willies.
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef 1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon salt 1 pinch black pepper uncooked spaghetti, broken into quarters thinly sliced raw carrot black peppercorns, cooked black beans 1 (19 ounce) can ground tomatoes 1 1/2 cups water 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Directions: 1In a mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, rice, onion, egg and 1 teaspoons (5 mL) of the salt. Mix well.2Now make the rats. Using a measuring cup, scoop out 1/4 cup (50 mL) of the ground beef mixture. Form it, by hand, into a firmly packed teardrop shape — pointy on one end, rounded on the other. This is your basic rat. Place it into a 3-quart (3 liter) shallow baking dish and gently pinch in the neck area. Poke a piece of uncooked spaghetti into the larger rounded end as a tail. Repeat with the remaining ground beef mixture.3When all the rats are neatly placed in the baking dish, stir together the tomatoes, water, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, remaining 1 teaspoons (5 mL) of salt and 1/4 teaspoons (1 mL) pepper. Pour over the rats. Cover the dish with foil wrap (or a lid, if it has one) and bake at 350° F (180° C) for 45 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake for another 45 to 50 minutes, basting occasionally with sauce, or until the rice is tender and the rats are fully cooked.4Gently remove rats, one at a time, from the sauce and place gently on a serving platter. (Take care not to damage the tails — they’re fairly delicate.) Into each rat, insert two carrot slices as ears, peppercorns (or whatever) for eyes, and a few more broken strands of uncooked spaghetti for whiskers. Spoon sauce around the rats and serve, smiling wickedly. |
Originally Posted by lisajane
All right, here you go. I did this for a Halloween party and they were a huge hit. Everybody loved them...there was none left. Some of the women were a little squimish but all in all it was pretty cool. I used chow mein noodles for the wiskers....they were just crooked enough to give you the willies.
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef 1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon salt 1 pinch black pepper uncooked spaghetti, broken into quarters thinly sliced raw carrot black peppercorns, cooked black beans 1 (19 ounce) can ground tomatoes 1 1/2 cups water 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Directions: 1In a mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, rice, onion, egg and 1 teaspoons (5 mL) of the salt. Mix well.2Now make the rats. Using a measuring cup, scoop out 1/4 cup (50 mL) of the ground beef mixture. Form it, by hand, into a firmly packed teardrop shape — pointy on one end, rounded on the other. This is your basic rat. Place it into a 3-quart (3 liter) shallow baking dish and gently pinch in the neck area. Poke a piece of uncooked spaghetti into the larger rounded end as a tail. Repeat with the remaining ground beef mixture.3When all the rats are neatly placed in the baking dish, stir together the tomatoes, water, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, remaining 1 teaspoons (5 mL) of salt and 1/4 teaspoons (1 mL) pepper. Pour over the rats. Cover the dish with foil wrap (or a lid, if it has one) and bake at 350° F (180° C) for 45 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake for another 45 to 50 minutes, basting occasionally with sauce, or until the rice is tender and the rats are fully cooked.4Gently remove rats, one at a time, from the sauce and place gently on a serving platter. (Take care not to damage the tails — they’re fairly delicate.) Into each rat, insert two carrot slices as ears, peppercorns (or whatever) for eyes, and a few more broken strands of uncooked spaghetti for whiskers. Spoon sauce around the rats and serve, smiling wickedly. |
This makes me wish my kids were young again so I could make these for them! Spooktacular idea!!
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What a GREAT JOB!!!!
Wish I could have a party just to serve these...... |
LOL! Those are freakaaaaay!
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scary :thumbup:
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I hope after you skinned the rats, you saved the fur to make a nice (mug rug) out of it!
They do give you the chills! |
Interesting, creative..BUT.....NO WAY. uh uh, heck NO, I would NEVER eat that!
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LOVE THEM!!!
I think I'll save this for a few years when I can gross out my grandkids... And their mothers. My boys will just roll their eyes, think "whatever, Mom's crazy again!" & go with the flow... Thanks, Susan |
Love love LOVE this. Thank You!!
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Thanks
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Adorable and ohh soo clever!!
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They are real looking! Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you. Had to save your recipe and photo. Not sure when but I will make these one day.
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How fun!!! Thank you!
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great idea!
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Saved and on the menu for Monday!!
Thank you! My boys are going to love it!! |
I am still laughing at how clever this is - THANKS SO MUCH!
We're hosting a party for several kids here, and the adults need to get into the act, too - this is perfect!! |
Wish I had seen this earlier. It would have been fun to serve. Will put it up for next year. Great fun idea. :lol: :lol:
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These are GREAT!!! We don't do the whole Halloween thing here in the same way you do, but I am going to steal this idea for our Guide and Brownie camp and pack holiday!!!
We are running a Pirate camp and holiday in May next year. I have just shown this to our Quartermaster (QM = Cook), and she laughed her self silly! We are going to serve this up on the second night when we are having a Pirate Feast. This is SOOOO perfect, thank you! |
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