Best 12 Easy Oven Brown Rice Recipes
Oven-baked brown rice is undoubtedly a dish worth exploring whether you're a seasoned cook or just starting in the kitchen as a novice. It is not only hassle-free to prepare but also a delectable and nutritious addition to your meals. Unlike traditional stovetop methods that demand constant attention, the oven method takes care of the cooking process, leaving you with ample time to focus on other culinary endeavors or simply relax. With the oven's steady, even heat, brown rice achieves an exquisite texture—fluffy, tender, and bursting with nutty flavor—making it an ideal accompaniment to an array of dishes, be it grilled meats, zesty curries, or light and vibrant salads. To ensure a perfect outcome, we have compiled a list of the best recipes for easy oven-baked brown rice, each tailored to suit varying tastes and preferences.
Here are our top 12 tried and tested recipes!
BAKED BROWN RICE
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Place the rice into an 8-inch square glass baking dish.
- Bring the water, butter, and salt just to a boil in a kettle or covered saucepan. Once the water boils, pour it over the rice, stir to combine, and cover the dish tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, remove cover and fluff the rice with a fork. Serve immediately.
OVEN-BAKED BROWN RICE
I pop this in the oven when I'm busy making something else to go with it, such as a stir-fry or chicken.
Provided by blueberry_chica
Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes
Time 1h20m
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Bring water and olive oil to a boil in a covered saucepan; stir in salt. Place rice in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Pour water mixture over rice; cover baking dish tightly with double layer of aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven until water is absorbed, about 1 hour.
- Remove rice from oven, uncover, and fluff with fork. Cover with paper towels until steam is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Uncover and cool slightly, about 5 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 121.3 calories, Carbohydrate 24.1 g, Fat 1.6 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 0.3 g, Sodium 67.7 mg, Sugar 0.2 g
BAKED BROWN RICE
It just takes three simple steps to get perfectly fluffy baked brown rice every time. Here's how I do it. This recipe first appeared in Season 8 of Good Eats. Photo by Lynne Calamia
Provided by Level Agency
Categories Sides & Salads
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375ºF. Place the rice into an 8-inch square glass baking dish.
- Bring the water, butter, and salt just to a boil in a kettle or covered saucepan. Once the water boils, pour it over the rice, stir to combine, and cover the dish tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, remove cover and fluff the rice with a fork. Serve immediately.
OVEN BAKED SWEET AND SAVORY BROWN RICE
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add the brown rice, vegetable stock, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, pepper, brown sugar, ginger and dates to a metal baking pan and mix with your hands to make sure all of the ingredients are distributed evenly. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove the pan from the oven, transfer the rice to a serving bowl and serve.
EASY OVEN BROWN RICE
I am a terrible rice cook, but once I tried this method I can be confident that it will turn out every time!
Provided by mom2threelittleones
Categories Main Dish Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Place rice, salt, and butter in a casserole dish that has a cover. Pour boiling water over rice; stir.
- Cover and bake in preheated oven until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 1 hour. Remove from oven, fluff with fork, and serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 205.9 calories, Carbohydrate 36.2 g, Cholesterol 10.2 mg, Fat 5.1 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 420.3 mg, Sugar 0.3 g
PERFECT BROWN RICE
Though it's easy to do, preparing brown rice can seem daunting when you're trying to get that perfect not-too-chewy, not-too-soggy texture. This method produces flawless results every time with little fuss!
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories side-dish
Time 45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- Rinse the rice in a fine-mesh sieve under cold water for 30 seconds. Drain.
- Combine the rice, salt and 2 cups water in a wide, medium saucepan and bring the water to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer until all liquid is absorbed, about 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork before serving.
BAKED BROWN RICE
Make and share this Baked Brown Rice recipe from Food.com.
Provided by JoAnn
Categories Long Grain Rice
Time 1h5m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Melt butter in casserole dish.
- Add rice and soups to dish and stir.
- Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle top with Parmesan cheese.
- Return to oven and cook, uncovered, for additional 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 274.8, Fat 7.4, SaturatedFat 4, Cholesterol 15.3, Sodium 1104.5, Carbohydrate 44, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 2.8, Protein 8.7
PERFECT OVEN-BAKED BROWN RICE
I got this one from "The Best Recipe" by Cook's Illustrated. It's a very easy way to make brown rice that comes out perfect every time. No more sticky, clumpy, waterlogged goop! This rice is tender and separate and delicious. Notice that the ratio of water to rice is much less than the oft-quoted 2 to 1. This is the key to this recipe, so make sure to measure carefully.
Provided by Billy Zac
Categories Brown Rice
Time 1h10m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place oven rack in middle position. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Bring the water to a boil. Keep the water covered as it boils so you don't lose too much as steam.
- When the oven is at 375, put the water, rice, and salt into an ovenproof pot with a tight-fitting lid. I have successfully used pyrex dishes and cast-iron dutch ovens. If you don't have a good lid, you can also use a double layer of foil. Just make sure it's sealed well around the edges.
- Pop it in the oven.
- The rice is done when it is tender and the water is all gone. It usually takes an hour. When it's done, fluff it with a fork and serve. Yum! So simple and good!
BROWN RICE
Easy enough for people who can't make rice at all, and everyone will love it!
Provided by MONICA RODRIGUEZ
Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a 2 quart casserole dish combine rice, broth, soup, butter, Worcestershire sauce and basil.
- Bake covered for 1 hour, stirring once after 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 425.3 calories, Carbohydrate 66.2 g, Cholesterol 33.4 mg, Fat 13.5 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 8.8 g, SaturatedFat 7.8 g, Sodium 1091 mg, Sugar 3.5 g
PERFECT BASIC BROWN RICE
This basic recipe was printed in Saveur magazine. It works well for any brown rice - short, medium or long-grain brown rice. Disregard the directions on your package. Most likely it will come out mushy. In this recipe, the boiling (uncovered) cooks it thoroughly, and the steaming at the end make it light and fluffy.
Provided by PanNan
Categories Brown Rice
Time 45m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Rinse the starch off the rice in a strainer under cold water for 30 seconds.
- Bring the water to a boil over high heat in a large pot that has a tight fitting lid.
- Add the rice, stir it just once, and boil, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
- Pour the rice into a strainer over the sink and drain for 10 seconds.
- Return the rice to the same pot, off the heat.
- Cover immediately and set aside for 10 minutes (this is the steaming part).
- Uncover, fluff with a fork, and season with salt.
NO-FUSS PERFECT BAKED BROWN RICE
Nothing exotic here except perfect brown rice every time. I was surprised that there was no recipe for this already. I hated making brown rice on the stove top, so I have used this for almost 20 years. Smells like popcorn when it is baking. Be creative! Add spices to match any meal. Make a double recipe and you have the beginnings for a breakfast frittata or stir fried rice.
Provided by MATHGOD
Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9 baking dish.
- Place rice in prepared baking dish; sprinkle salt and oil on top. Pour boiling water over rice. Cover baking dish tightly with double layer of aluminum foil and pinch edges to seal.
- Bake in center of preheated oven until water is absorbed, about 1 hour.
- Remove rice from oven, uncover, and fluff with fork.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 204.8 calories, Carbohydrate 40.2 g, Fat 3 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 0.4 g, Sodium 198.9 mg, Sugar 0.4 g
HOW TO BAKE BROWN RICE IN THE OVEN
Friends...I'm baking brown rice these days. For years, I'd made it on the stovetop, as that's how I learned how to cook rice when I lived in the Dominican Republic years ago. Then I discovered the rice cooker. I've only been using my rice cooker for a few months, but I love it. It cooks the rice so beautifully, and the clean up is way simpler than cleaning (and sometimes scrubbing out) the saucepan. But I loaned my rice cooker to my sister and I didn't want to go back to the stovetop. (Not that I won't ever cook rice on the stovetop again!) But...even if I set the timer, I might not get there in time...for it to be perfectly cooked. These early days with a baby makes it difficult to commit to being at any one time...even if the timer is set and the rice should be cooked perfectly. We could be in the middle of a fuss-fest, and diaper change and outfit change, or in the middle of a nursing session. Cooking brown rice on the stovetop is a fine art, and requires a bit of attention towards the end, to make sure you get that perfectly cooked and fluffed brown rice to serve for dinner. So I've turned to the oven. Baking brown rice. There are a number of "rice bake" recipe in my recipe collection. But today, I thought I'd share a basic how to cook brown rice. Feel free to experiment with mixing in different spices and veggies. Here's the easy, side-dish, basic way to bake brown rice...
Provided by ElizabethKnicely
Categories Low Protein
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Add 1 1/2 cups raw brown rice to bottom of a 9x13-inch glass baking dish. (Or do 1 cup in an 8x8-inch glass baking dish.).
- Spread evenly over the bottom of the pan.
- Pour in liquid at a ratio of 2 1/4 times the amount of rice you used. I generally do water, but if I want a bit more flavor, I will do half water and half chicken or vegetable broth. (2.25*1.5=3.375, or 3 3/8 cup of water for this recipe.).
- Press down and floating rice with a flat spatula.
- Once all the rice is at the bottom and no longer floating -- Wrap tightly with foil.
- Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.
- Let cool slightly before removing the foil -- there will be lots of steam and you don't want to get a steam burn!
- Fluff with a fork, season with salt and pepper and serve.
- And that's how you do it friends!
- Simple, deliciously perfect brown rice, baked in the oven!
Tips:
- Choose the right rice. Short-grain brown rice is the best choice for this recipe, as it cooks up tender and fluffy.
- Rinse the rice well. This will help to remove any dirt or debris and prevent the rice from sticking together.
- Use a large baking dish. This will allow the rice to spread out evenly and cook evenly.
- Add some aromatics. Garlic, onion, and herbs can help to add flavor to the rice.
- Use a flavorful broth. Chicken broth, vegetable broth, or beef broth can all be used to add flavor to the rice.
- Cook the rice at a high temperature. This will help to create a crispy crust on the bottom of the rice.
- Let the rice cool slightly before serving. This will help to prevent the rice from sticking together.
Conclusion:
Oven-brown rice is a delicious and easy side dish that can be served with a variety of meals. It is a healthy and affordable option that is perfect for busy weeknights. With a few simple tips, you can make perfect oven-brown rice every time.
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