Need Easy "All-in-one" Recipies That Use Rice!

Chicken and Rice Casserole

1 cup uncooked rice
1 can (16oz)green beans, undrained
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 or 3 cans chicken breasts (9 to 10 oz) undrained
2 tbs. chopped pimiento
2 tsp. instant chicken bouillon grandules

Combine all ingredients in 2-quart glass casserole.
MICROWAVE, covered, 35 minutes or until rice is tender,
stirring 2 or 3 times.

My favorite dish is simple and very delicious! Bake chicken breast in the oven on 425 for around 30 minutes till done (you can also pan grill the breasts). You can top them with butter and herbs or salt beforehand if you want.

Cook some white rice or jasmine rice in one pan and in a separate pan heat up a can of cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup.

Place the rice on the plate, top with chicken breast and cover with the soup. Add a little salt on top for taste if you want too and voila! Done!

I don't have any recipes on hand at the moment but I can recommend a wonderful website that has a zillion great recipes. Visit www.allrecipes.com and you can find just about anything you're looking for.

Hey R., I use cream of chicken and mushroom a can of each and then a package of chicken breast in the crock pot for the day and then add the rice about mid day and then you have a full meal of chicken and rice for at least a day or two. or you can even cook it in the oven for about and hour and a half soup and chicken and rice at the same time.

Hi R., here is an easy one that I make for my kids. They call it "the mexican stuff" although it doesn't really have anything mexican in it! I cook a large amount because we're a family of six, so you could half it if need be. Brown two pounds of ground beef (or 1 beef/1 turkey)in a large pan and drain the grease. While your meat is cooking, separately cook your white rice, approximately 4-6 servings. Once you have your grease drained,add the cooked rice, one can of corn (drained), one can of ranch style beans (not drained), and a half block of velveeta cheese (cut into cubes). Place on low and stir occasionally until cheese is melted.
That is it, and you have your meat, veggies, and starches. I usually serve with biscuits or croissants and fruit cocktail.
Hope this helps.

Hi R.,

My husband is a chef and he is always using this recipe when he is in a hurry or wants something that is healthy and simple and he can just prepare a head of time and pop it in the microwave.

1 can of tuna
2 cups of water
1 cup of white rice
1/2 cup of shredded cheese
a pinch of salt and pepper
mix all together
place in a microwave bowl and cover it with surround wrap or a microwave safe plate, cook for 8 mins. high. stand for 2.

this recipe you can add a hand full of vegetables of your choice. Its low in fat and sodium and still taste good. and there is no cooking until your ready to eat it. Serves 2

Your fat is in your cheese so you don't need to add oil or butter.

You can go online to any site like Kraft or any other site that offers recipes

This is called "Texas Hash". Brown some chopped bell pepper and onion (or you can leave them out). Then brown about 1lb of hamburger, and drain it (venison or turkey will work also). Salt and pepper the meat, add the onions and bell pepper, add a can of chopped tomatoes and all the juice plus a can of water. I throw in a cup of frozen corn also. Add 3 tablespoons of chili powder, and stir well. Bring it to a boil and add a cup of instant rice. Turn off the heat, cover and let it sit for five minutes. It shouldn't be too soupy-but if it is you can boil if some more so the liquid will cook off. Hope this isn't too spicy for you. We eat this with cornbread.

Try this site:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=rice+casseroles

Chicken Broccoli Rice

Saute your chicken breast, cube it.
Boil your rice
Steam your broccoli or whatever other veggie you want
Mix it all in a Casserole dish, Add some cheddar cheese and mix it up and bake at 350 for 30 minutes or so.

Easy and freezes great!

We make "eyeballs and rice" (actually Meatballs and Rice, but my kids promptly renamed it) all the time. I'll give you the directions for Minute Rice (what I use) and then how I think you make it with regular rice.

Fill a microwaveable dish with frozen meatballs and cover with water. Microwave until meatballs are hot. Add about 1 cup minute rice (may have to adjust depending on size of container and amount of water) and cook according to rice instructions. Remove from microwave and stir in a can of cream of mushroom soup. Just add a side veggie and it is ready to serve!

I think I would just cook a big pot of the jasmine rice in advance and leave the whole thing in the fridge. Then you can make/freeze the toppings for it separately and he could heat and combine them.

Just a thought! Good luck!

Gosh I was reluctant to email because I have so many easy rice recipes, I kind of feel sorry for your father in law! He will be sick of rice by the time he eats through all of the recipes, hee, hee.

Do you know how to make rice in the microwave? It is very easy and comes out great every time.

Microwave rice
2 qt. microwavable bowl
add 1 cup regular rice into 2 cups water
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
1 tblsp butter, margarine, or olive oil (optional)

stir all ingredients. Cover bowl with plastic wrap or glass cover. Place in mircrowave, set timer for 14 minutes cook on high. Let sit in microwave for 5 minutes, then serve. This may boil over a little bit, I place newspaper or paper towels on the bottom of the microwave for easy clean up.

Rice freezes great. To reheat, place amount of desired rice in microwave bowl and add water (I add about a tablespoon per cup)cover with saran wrap and cook on high for 2 minutes per cup.

Do you have a good Broccoli rice casserole recipe? (If not email me and I will give you my recipe)If you do, you could either add pre cooked- chicken to the recipe or grill a bunch of Chicken breast and have them in a ziploc bag in the freezer, He can reheat them and eat them along with whatever he is eating for a meal.

I do a "No Bake Tuna casserole"
1 Can Cream of mushroom, or 1 can of cream of celery soup
1 can milk
1 can tuna (drained)
1 cup frozen peas (optional)
1 recipe cooked rice
Mix the soup, milk and tuna in a microwaveable bowl. Cook for 4 minutes, stirring once. If adding peas. Add the peas and cook another 2 minutes.

Serve warm over cooked rice.
Freezes great. Just freeze the Tuna mixture in 2 separate ziplocs, each bag will serve 2 portions.

I have tons more if you would like, just email me.

The best dish's that I can come up with that are fast and easy is King Ranch--
1 chicken cooked and boned save the broth
1 pkg. of corn tortilla's torn into bite size pieces
1 can cream chicken soup do not add water
1 can cream muchroom sou[ do not add water
1 can green chilies chopped ++++++++
1 can of rotel tomato's these can also have them in them instead of having both
shredded cheddar cheese
Layer
tortillas with a small amouth of broth (small amount)
chicken
soup's mixed together
onion chopped to taste
top with cheese to taste
Bake 350' oven for at least 45 min

CHICKEN AND YELLOW RICE

1 chicken cooked and boned save broth
put back into pan
1 pk yellow rice
follow directions as to the amount of water (broth may need to add some water to get the right amount)
when water/broth are boiling add rice and chicken stir and cover til rice is done serve hot.

PORK CHOPS WITH YELLOW RICE

pork chops browned simmer once browned in small amount of water til tender.
add water to the amount the package calls for with the yellow rice add pork chops cover til done.
Can add a small amount of sour cream if you want just before serving to the rice. Very good.

These are some that I make for those hurry up meals, Good luck

Here is a fail-proof recipe that my family loves and it takes maybe 10 your time in preping and the rest is done by the oven.

2 C. cooked rice
2 Cans cream of mushroom
chicken breasts - however many needed or that fit in casserole dish
Milk
salt & pepper to taste

Mix cooked rice and cream of mushroom together in mixing bowl and addmilk to make it creamy, not watery.

Brown chicken breast on both sides.

Once rice is mixed, pour into bottome of ungreased casserole dish and then lay browned chicken breast on top and salt & pepper to taste.

Put in oven @ 350 for 20 minutes! Even better for leftovers and freezes well!!

I have a couple. These are nice because you don't pre-cook and cube up the chicken breasts.

This one is from a Campbell's ad:
1 can (10 3/4 oz) Campbell's Cream of Chicken (Regular or 98% Fat Free)

1 1/3 cups water

3/4 cup uncooked long-grain white rice

2 cups fresh or frozen vegetables

1/2 tsp. onion powder

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

1. Stir the soup, water, rice, vegetables and onion powder in a 12" x 8" shallow baking dish

2. Top with chicken. Season chicken as desired. Cover.

3. Bake at 375 degree F for 45 min. or until done.
Top with cheese. Makes 4 servings.

Alternatives: replace onion powder with 1 tsp chili powder and the cheddar cheese with Mexican-blend cheese

or replace the onion powder with 1 tsp Italian seasoning and the cheddar cheese with 1/3 cup shredded Parmisan.

Else, well, I can't find my husband's recipe but it is very similar to the one above.

Hope this helps.

Our family loves this one. You can make substitutions where you want too.

Hamburger and Rice Casserole

11/2 lbs. or 1 lbs. of hamburger meat
1 onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can whole kernel corn, drained
1 cup of cooked rice
1 can Ro-Tel tomatoes or chilies or 1 can of plain diced tomatoes
1 can sliced mushrooms (optional) We like them!
1c. grated cheese

Saute meat, onion, and pepper; add all remaining ingredients except cheese. Pour into greased casserole dish. Top with grated cheese. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.

Enjoy!!

Simple recipes that are my faves (my mom makes these so that's where I get them). You will need: Baking dish w/lid or use foil to cover, 1 1/2 cups of regular rice, 2 cans of beef consume soup (NOT beef broth...two entirely different things!), 1/2 stick of butter (or equivalent), 1/2 cup chopped onions. Melt butter at 350. Remove from oven & sprinkle onions across bottom of dish to lightly cover bottom. Add rice. Add both cans consume & smooth out...do not stir! Cover & bake 45 minutes to an hour til liquid is soaked up & onions have floated to the top. You can also add a smidgen of garlic which really gives it a great flavor too. My other recipe involves minute rice but it's rice nonetheless: Baking dish or pan w/lid or use foil, porkchops (you can use boneless or bone-in), 1 can of low-sodium or lowfat cream of mushroom soup (I've tried both varieties but the low-sodium actually makes it taste better), & minute rice. Prepare pan first before porkchops: Dump mushroom soup in pan. Fill can to the top w/minute rice & dump in pan. Fill can up to the last ridgeline on can (about an inch or so from the brim/top) & dump in pan. Mix well & spread evenly. Brown porkchops (don't cook all the way, just brown on both sides) & place evenly in pan. Bake covered at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes til done. Awesome & tender!! Good luck & hope at least one of these works for you!

Porkchop and rice casserole:

1 Cup rice
2 cups Beef Broth
1/2 cup water
one onion
Salt and pepper
Pork chops (bone in or out work fine)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Put rice in bottom of 9x13 baking dish.
Pour in broth and water.
Lay in pork chops on top of rice.
Slice onion and top each chop with a ring or two.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Cover with foil and bake for 30-45 minutes or until rice is cooked through. (sometimes takes closer to hour).

MICROWAVE PERFECT RICE

Whenever you cook rice and don't have a microwave rice cooker (think about buying a pampered chef one they are terrific)
just put a layer of paper towels down in the bottom of the microwave because it will boil over a little:

1 cup of rice
2 1/2 cups of water
in a covered dish in the microwave for 20 minutes.

Perfect every time! The recipe is the same for rice cooker but you don't get the boilover.

RICE AND CORN SIDE DISH

It is amazing how good this south american dish is. First, melt about two tablespoons of butter in a pot. Brown uncooked rice. Just stir it until it smells like it is browning. Remove to covered dish and cook in microwave according to above directions. Rinse out pot and add more butter. Cook corn on medium heat, (either frozen or canned) in butter until it smells like popcorn. Add corn and butter to cooked rice and mix well. It tastes so good!

Morning R.;

Hey, I know you want to use up that 25 pounds of rice, but,
I think you would make your father-in-law much happier to
stock the Frig with Hungry Man frozen dinners!
You don't have to cook, just use the micro-wave and their
pretty darn good! Balance nutrition. Since there is a large
varity, you might ask what he like the most.
One week of these would amount to about 15 at $2.40 so that
is $42 bucks for a whole week, not bad!!
Have fun visiting the relatives!
B. C.

This is one my mom has made for 50 years and its easy. It's always been a family favorite: Party Beef Dinner -
2 lbs. ground beef, 1 c. chopped onion, 1 c. chopped bell pepper, 1 c chopped celery, 1 (4 oz.) can mushroom pieces (reserve the juice), 3-1/2 t. salt, 1/2 t. pepper, 1 (16 oz.) can tomatoes, 3/4 c. liquid (mushroom juices & water), 3/4 c. uncooked rice - Brown ground beef and drain. Mix rest of ingredients together and add to beef. Cover tightly and simmer 30 - 40 min. or until rice is tender. Enjoy! Note: We don't care for the texture of the bell pepper or the celery, so I don't chop these up. I leave them in large pieces and remove them after the dish is done.

Also, when I make homemade chili, I serve it with cooked white rice, onions and grated cheese. It's REALLY good!

If you have time between now and his visit I suggest you cook plenty for your family and freeze a serving of leftovers each day. I also second the idea of going to www.allrecipes.com, it's my favorite recipe site and I really love to cook. Since you got the ones for rice I thought I'd give you a couple of easy ones that use potatoes.

Sausage Shepherd's Pie
(has many variations, this one is from Allrecipes.com)
1 lb ground sausage
12 oz beef gravy
10 oz frozen mixed vegetables
1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
Mashed potatoes

Crumble and cook sausage, drain on paper towels. In bowl combine sausage, gravy, vegetables and W. sauce. Pour into greased 2 qt casserole dish. Spoon mashed potatoes on top. Bake 30-40 minutes.

A real easy one is to brown ground meat, drain excess grease if necessary. Add a can of cream of celery soup and about half a can of milk. Heat and serve over mashed potatoes or rice.

If you buy the steamable microwave vegetables it takes only about 4-6 minutes to get them done, for you to do ahead of time or him to put in himself.

Stir frys are easy. You can buy the frozen stir fry veggies (different brands have a little different variations), follow the directions adding chopped chicken (or shrimp, beef or turkey...) Many come with the flavoring packets (like teriyaki)inside. That meal is great served over rice.

Check out fried rice recipes. They can be a meal when you add vegetables of your choice such as peas, carrots, mushrooms,mixed...) Along with the scrambled egg for protein you can add other chopped meat.

Rice is so versatile. You can use it for spanish rice, red beans & rice (google Popeye's recipe, too easy with a can of chili beans, can add chopped link dinner sausage), dirty rice, jambalaya, arroz con pollo, rice pilaf, rice pudding, rice salads....I agree that broccoli rice casserole is a favorite with many.

Don't be afraid to experiment and you'll get to be a great cook if you have the interest! Blessings!

This one doesn't have rice but it's easy and good. Brown and season some ground beef. Drain and add diced onions and cream of mushroom soupand a little bit of milk. Mix it up and add some cheddar cheese. Spray pan with nonstick spray and pour your beef in. Top the beef with frozen tater tots and bake at 375 until the tots are brown. I'm sure you could use ground turkey if you need a healthier option. Good luck. I have another one with turkey and rice if you need it. Good luck.

R.,

My family really loves Cheese, Broccoli & Rice Casserole. There are sooo many variations - Velveeta vs. Cheese Whiz, with or without mushrooms, Cream of Chicken or Cream of Celery soup instead of Cream of Mushroom, and so on. I generally just use what I have on hand. But I suggest you simply Google the recipe by title, and choose the one that "sounds like" your family. Below is a basic recipe. If you wish, you can mix it together in a bowl and then divide it into single serving casseroles and reduce the baking time to about 30 minutes. This would allow you to freeze some for later use if your father-in-law doesn't eat all of them.

I am also including two other recipes for rice casseroles that we really enjoy. One is for a Chicken and Rice casserole, but you can also just as easily add an appropriate "father-in-law" sized serving of boneless, skinless chicken breasts (whole or strips) or thighs to the Broccoli, Cheese and Rice Casserole. The dish last is really different, but delicious. It is Lebanese Rice and is done on the stove top in the time it takes to saute veggies and cook the rice. We love this alone or to accompany ANY meat - hamburger patties, steak, pork chops or polish sausages. Because of the slightly unusual spices (for a rice dish) I wouldn't leave him this dish as a main staple, unless you know something about his eating habits.

HINT: In ANY casserole that uses uncooked rice (as does the 2nd recipe below), and to which you add uncooked meat (chicken, pork chop, etc.), be sure that the rice mixture does not get "lightly" spread across the meat prior to cooking. Rice needs adequate moisture to cook. It will harden on the surface of meat if it does not have access to enough moisture to "plump" properly. The meat simply needs to lay on top of the rice mixture. I usually brush a little olive oil across the meat and am certain to cover the dish with foil for the majority of the cooking time. The foil can be removed at the end to brown the casserole for optimum appeal.

Make them all and give him some variety. Freeze the balance for your family for when you return home.

Enjoy!
K.

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CHEESE, BROCCOLI AND RICE CASSEROLE

1/2 c. chopped celery
1/2 c. chopped onions
3/4 stick of butter or margarine
2 c. cooked white rice
8 oz. Cheddar or Velveeta cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 (10 oz.) pkg. chopped broccoli, cooked

Saute the onions and celery in 3/4 stick butter. Mix all ingredients together in casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, uncovered.

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(LIPTON'S) CHICKEN AND RICE CASSEROLE

1 c. long grain rice
1 can mushroom soup
1-1 1/2 cans water (use soup can)
2-3 lbs. boned chicken
1 pkg. onion soup mix (Lipton's)

Grease sides and bottom of 9 x 13 inch casserole. Pour rice evenly in pan. Add the soup concentrate and water. Mix to moisten. Arrange pieces of chicken on top of the rice. Cover. Bake at 325 degrees for 2 hours. Do not uncover before then. Remove foil and return to oven to brown, slightly.

FYI: Like the recipe above, I frequently add sauteed onions and celery to this dish, even thought the "official" recipe doesn't call for it. It can simply be done to your tastes.

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LEBANESE RICE

1 medium onion
I Tbl. oil
1 3-oz. can tomato paste
3 1/2 c. chicken broth (3 1/2 c. liquid; you can use some water to reach the total amount, if the cans or boxes of broth you use do not total 3 1/2 c.)
1 1/2 c. white rice
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cardamon

Saute the onions in oil. Add the spices and broth. Bring to a boil, reduce to low heat, cover and simmer until done (about 20 minutes)

doesn't involve rice but how about lasagna, easy to freeze. Chicken soup with rice? if interested I can write recipes that are simple.