Best 20 Savory Rice Recipes

SAVORY HERB RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the water, butter and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Add remaining ingredients. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for about 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.

SAVORY COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• Place rice in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Add grated ginger, kosher salt, red chili flakes, and turmeric. Pour in water and coconut milk. Whisk until mixture is well combined (do not stir again).
• Place pan over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer. When mixture starts to bubble and reaches a low simmer, place bay leaf on the surface, cover tightly, and reduce heat to low. Cook for 18 minutes without taking off the lid. Remove pan from heat and let sit 5 minutes, covered. Fluff rice with a fork.

SAVORY RICE AND QUINOA PILAF

Steps:

• Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a large saucepan. Stir in basmati rice, quinoa, tomatoes, raisins, parsley, salt, pepper, allspice, and sage. Reduce heat and simmer until broth is absorbed and quinoa is tender, about 20 minutes.

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.

SAVORY CHORIZO SAUSAGE, RICE & BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven over medium heat, brown sausage (10 to 12 minutes).
• Add onion and garlic. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened (4 to 5 minutes).
• Add remaining ingredients except Parmesan cheese.
• Reduce heat to low; continue cooking 12 to 15 minutes.
• Scoop into individual bowls and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Refrigerate leftovers.

SAVORY WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine water, rice and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 55-60 minutes or until rice is tender. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook sausage and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add broth, soup, mushrooms, water chestnuts, sage and rice. Transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until heated through.

SAVORY BEEF & BROCCOLI RICE

Steps:

• In a skillet, over medium-high heat, add butter, then brown the beef until golden brown.
• Add onions and mushrooms, and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes, or until onions are translucent.
• Stir in broccoli, UNCLE BEN'S® Flavor Infusions Garlic & Butter Rice, and water.
• Bring to boil, then reduce to medium heat and simmer covered for 15 minutes or until water is absorbed.

SAVORY RICE CAKES

Steps:

• Cook scallions, carrot, celery, garlic, thyme, salt, and pepper in 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until carrot is softened, about 8 minutes. Stir together rice, eggs, bread crumbs, and vegetable mixture in a bowl. Form into 8 (2 1/2- by 1/2-inch) patties, pressing mixture so cakes will hold together (mixture will be loose). Transfer to wax paper as formed. Cook 4 rice cakes in 2 tablespoons oil in skillet over moderately high heat, gently turning over once, until browned, about 7 minutes total. Transfer to a plate and keep warm, loosely covered with foil. Cook remaining 4 cakes in remaining tablespoon oil.

SAVORY CONSOMME RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Saute onion and mushroons in butter.
• Add rice, consomme, water, salt, pepper, parsley, and garlic powder.
• Pour into greased two quart pyrex dish. Cover and bake one hour at 350 degrees.

SAVORY NOODLE RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook and stir noodles in oil and butter until lightly browned. Stir in the rice and garlic; cook 2 minutes longer. Add the water, bouillon, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 13 minutes. Stir in parsley; cover and cook 2-5 minutes longer or until rice is tender.

SAVORY CURRIED CHICKEN, WILD RICE, AND APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Spread almonds onto a baking sheet with edges.
• Toast almonds in preheated oven, stirring every 2 minutes, until lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes; transfer to a large bowl. Add chicken and mango chutney to the bowl; stir.
• Melt butter with olive oil in a large stock pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and garlic in melted butter until onions begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice and raisins; continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the raisins plump, about 10 minutes. Season the mixture with curry powder and cayenne pepper; stir.
• Pour chicken stock into the pot; add the chicken mixture, wild rice, apples, parsley, and lemon juice. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the apples are tender yet retain some crispiness, about 5 minutes. Season soup with salt and pepper.

SAVORY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a large saucepan add butter and onion.
• Saute together until tender.
• Add chicken broth,mushrooms and peas.
• Stir and bring to a boil.
• Stir in Minute made rice, cover pan and remove from heat. Let Stand 5 minutes
• Stir with fork and serve.

SAVORY RICE

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package instructions (for 3 cups of rice, put 2 cups of water in a saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, add kosher salt and bring to a boil. Add rice, stir; cover with lid, reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes).
• In a skillet, saute sliced onion in 1 tablespoon of butter and olive oil for 5 minutes. Add sliced mushrooms. Saute mixture for 10 minutes or until mushrooms have softened. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• To rice, add onion/mushroom mixture, poultry seasoning, chicken broth and 1 tablesoon butter. Combine and serve.

SAVORY RICE-STUFFED APPLES

Steps:

• Core apples, leaving bottoms intact. In a medium bowl, combine the brown rice and next 8 ingredients; mix well. Fill each apple with about 2 tablespoons filling, packing it well. Place the stuffed apples in a greased 4-quart slow cooker. Pour in the apple juice and chili sauce. Cover and cook on high until the apples are soft, 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Spoon liquid over each apple serving.

SAVORY PANCAKES (FROM COOKED RICE)

Steps:

• To a cup of rice, add a beaten egg,scallions, thyme, salt and pepper.
• Heat the oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add heaping Tbsps. rice mixture(it will be loose, flatten slightly and fry until brown on both sides.
• Drain on paper towels.

SAVORY CURRIED RICE WITH DRIED FRUIT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. You can do this a day or two in advance to allow flavors to meld, but it's not necessary.
• Combine water and butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
• Add 2 cups rice mix, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed.
• NOTE: I make this a complete meal by adding cooked chicken thighs. You can store this rice mix in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

SAVORY BROWN RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt butter.
• Add in vegetables; stir/saute until slightly soft, about 6 minutes.
• Stir in rice; add broth and seasonings, except parsley; bring to a boil.
• Decrease heat to low; cook, covered, until liquid is absorbed, about 45-50 minutes.
• Stir in parsley; serve.

SAVORY RICE WITH MUSHROOMS (JOHNNY CASH'S MOTHER'S RECIPE)

Steps:

• Melt butter and cook minced onion in it.
• Add rice; brown lightly.
• Combine other ingredients with rice mixture and bring to boil.
• Cover; reduce heat and steam until liquid is absorbed.
• If rice is not done, add more water sparingly.

PILAFI ME THROUMBI (GREEK SAVORY RICE)

Steps:

• Brown the rice, onion and garlic in the olive oil and butter over high heat.
• Deeply browning the rice gives the rice its distinct flavor.
• You must use the butter so it will brown.
• Do not use margarine, it will not work.
• This will take about 5 minutes.
• Add water, and rest of ingredients, cover the pot and simmer on low heat until all water is absorbed (about 20 minutes).

BAKED SWEET-SAVORY CARNAROLI-RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• For the pistachio praline: Oil a baking sheet. In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, cook the sugar; swirl the pan as it begins to brown. When dark caramel, remove from the heat and stir in the pistachios. Spread on the baking sheet. Cool completely, then chop finely.
• For the pudding: Grind the challah in a food processor. Add 3 tablespoons butter and pulse until mixed. In a mini processor, grind the pine nuts, then blend with 3 tablespoons butter. Using a spice grinder, grind the cinnamon, saffron, nutmeg, mastic, grains of paradise and sea salt. In a small pan, heat 1 cup half-and-half with finely chopped citron peel and bay leaf until steaming.
• In a large pot, bring 2 quarts water and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil and add the rice. Blanch for 1 minute, then drain. Pour 5 cups half-and-half in a saucepan over medium heat until just steaming. Stir in 3 tablespoons sugar, the vanilla bean and seeds and the ground spices. Add the rice and simmer uncovered on low heat until the rice is al dente, 45 to 60 minutes. Drain well and discard the vanilla bean.
• Butter a 3-inch-deep, 4-quart casserole. Drain the currants. Drain and coarsely chop the tomatoes. Spread half the rice in the casserole, then spread the ricotta and sprinkle with the currants, tomatoes and pine nuts. Spread with the remaining rice. Discard the bay leaf from the citron-peel infusion and pour over the rice. Cover with bread crumbs, then the praline. Bake until the topping is crisp, 15 to 20 minutes. If desired, gently fold in half-and-half when serving.