Greek American Thanksgiving Rice/ Hamburg Dish?

[kcixcy]

My family makes this dish and I am trying to recreate it and maybe even try something different... I know it might take me a while to nail down my technique before Thanksgiving, and I will even want to do at least one test run.

As far as I can tell this is basically the technique:

Sauce one chopped onion
Brown the hamburg
Add salt, pepper, and spices (I think my family uses allspice?)
Stir in the rice
Add water
Cook it.
Stir in roasted chestnuts.

As you can see, I don't know amounts or timing. Can someone help me recreate it?

 

[k_tsoukalas]

This is very similar to what my family does. We can usually find chestnuts but it is hard. We have to call the store and tell them to put it aside when they get the shipment. We use all spice for sure! One year, I forget and accidentally put cinnamon. It was good, but not the same.