Recipe
This Simple Rice Casserole is as Creamy as it is Easy
I’m sure that casseroles are all over the place─done a million different ways─and have really been overused in the subject of food (like this broccoli cheddar one, or this tater tot casserole). I’m sorry in advance for laying yet another casserole recipe on you guys, but I can’t help it. Casseroles are so simple and easy to customize that they’re hard to avoid. So here it is: my take on a simple, relatively inexpensive rice casserole.
A great feature to this rice casserole is that it makes great leftovers. You might not think it’s too much looking at it, but this recipe is super filling, so a little bit of it will go a long way. I use this recipe a lot when I want to make some lunches for myself that don’t require too much effort but are still delicious. It is so great as leftovers because it can be eaten cold without a huge difference in flavor. If anything, the flavor is only amplified by the coldness. This makes it great as a lazy dinner recipe or for packed lunches when you won’t have the ability to heat up your food.
Another thing I like about this dish is that there is minimal cleanup. All you really have to wash right away are the saucepans and large spoon. You can cover what is left in the pan with aluminum foil, throw it in the fridge, and put off cleaning it until the rice casserole is completely gone. If you want to double this recipe, all you have to do is use a 9-inch square baking pan instead of a bread pan. So, you don’t even have to clean any more if you want to make a larger amount.
Simple Rice Casserole
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 55 mins
- Servings: 3
Ingredients
- 1 cup Jasmine rice
- 1 cup water
- 1 can creamy soup
- cup cheddar cheese
- 2 medium carrots
- medium onion
- 1 medium russet potato
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- Salt and pepper to taste
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As I said earlier, I find this dish to be most useful as great leftovers for packed lunches. It has that creamy, homey flavor and feel to it whether hot or cold, doesn’t cost much, is relatively easy to make, and requires minimal clean-up afterwards. For all you guys who want that homey, grandma’s-kitchen feeling, this is a recipe you need to try.