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Baked Spanish Rice

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Baked Spanish Rice is full of flavor and cooks perfectly every time when you bake the rice instead of steaming or cooking the rice on the stove.

There are many ways to cook rice. Steam, boil, saute or fry. In fact, WikiHow has a great article on 12 ways to cook rice. But one of my favorite ways to cook rice is to bake it. This might be a new technique to you, but it is a very simple way to cook rice with consistent results.Baked Spanish Rice is full of flavor and cooks perfectly every time when you bake the rice instead of steaming or cooking the rice on the stove.

I started making baked rice using a recipe from Alton Brown of The Food Network many years ago. Mr Brown’s old show “Good Eats” is a great program to learn how to cook and why different ingredients interact. You can find his recipe for baked rice below.Baked Spanish Rice is full of flavor and cooks perfectly every time when you bake the rice instead of steaming or cooking the rice on the stove.
 This is my version for Spanish rice. I served this with Cider Braised Country Ribs, I will post this very soon. So if you have trouble cooking rice this could be the recipe for you.
Baked Spanish Rice is full of flavor and cooks perfectly every time when you bake the rice instead of steaming or cooking the rice on the stove.
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Baked Spanish Rice
Baked Spanish Rice is full of flavor and cooks perfectly every time when you bake the rice instead of steaming or cooking the rice on the stove.
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Spanish
Author: Quinn Caudill
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups brown rice Substitute medium grain white rice if you want
  • 1 tsp unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup onion finely chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic minced
  • 2 1/2 cups low sodium chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp cumin ground
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup black beans rinsed and drained
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375° F
  2. Add rice to a 3 quart casserole dish.
  3. In a medium sauce pan, melt butter over medium high heat.
  4. Add onion and garlic and saute until softened.
  5. Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
  6. Stir in tomato sauce and next 5 ingredients. Remove from heat and pour over rice.
  7. Cover tightly with foil.
  8. Bake for 1 hour.
  9. Fluff with a fork and serve immediately.
Recipe Notes

First published by Quinn Caudill for DadWhats4Dinner.com ©2015
All photos and recipes are the property of DadWhats4Dinner.com - copyright 2015-2106

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Baked Spanish Rice is full of flavor and cooks perfectly every time when you bake the rice instead of steaming or cooking the rice on the stove.

“Quinn is the author, photographer and recipe designer over at DadWhats4Dinner. He enjoys cooking for family and friends and being creative in the kitchen. He makes ordinary everyday food extraordinary. He lives just north of Cincinnati with his wife of 23 years, three kids and three cats. His kids have well-developed palates and his youngest daughter is now working with him on the blog, creating recipes for her own page “Cooking with Ella“.  Follow him on: Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Instagram.”

About Quinn Caudill

"Quinn is the author, photographer and recipe designer over at DadWhats4Dinner. He enjoys cooking for family and friends and being creative in the kitchen. He makes ordinary everyday food extraordinary. He lives just north of Cincinnati with his wife of 24 years, three kids and three cats. His kids have well-developed palates and his youngest daughter is now working with him on the blog creating recipes for her own page "Cooking with Ella". Follow him on: Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Instagram."

Comments

  2. promisinglypennywise says

    I used to bake brown rice following Alton Brown’s brown rice recipe before I got my rice cooker. This sounds delicious and I like that it includes ingredients that are usually staples in our house. I’m going to pin this to my recipe board so that I don’t forget to try it sometime!

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  3. Jhuls says

    I have tried baking rice when I made Chicken Mandi. Other than that, nothing more. This looks amazingly good, Quinn. Enjoy and happy FF. 🙂

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  5. Loretta says

    Welcome to FF #74 Quinn, and what have you brought us for the Fiesta today? Oh my, a baked spanish rice dish? It will be quite a novelty at the party I’m sure, as not many folks have baked rice before, so everyone will be wanting to sample your wonderful dish, I hope you’ve brought enough to go around. Thanks again, and have a relaxing weekend.

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  7. The Chunky Chef says

    Oooooh I love baking rice, and this one sounds like a winner!! For some reason, rice and I just do not get along… it stresses me out… so baking is the way to go 🙂 I’ve baked a few rice dishes, but not a Spanish rice (which I love), so I’ll have to give this a try 😀

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  8. Sherry says

    The kids love Spanish rice. I’ve never made it like this (not sure I ever really make it), but I’ll give it a try. Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday.

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  1. […] To make the Cider Braised Country Ribs I used about 4 pounds of boneless country ribs trimmed of the excessive fat. Put these in a roasting pan, seasoned with Western Barbecue Spice from Trade East purchased at Gordon Food Service. I had purchased this spice earlier in the year when I had to cook 15 slabs of ribs. To substitute, use 1 tsp each salt, smoked paprika, garlic, sugar, powdered onion and 1/4 tsp red pepper. Rub evenly over meat. Add onion, pepper and cider. Cover and cook. To make the cider onion reduction; after meat is cooked, discard peppers and strain cooking liquid reserving onions and 2 cups of liquid. In a medium pot, add onions, cooking liquid, grape jelly and sweet and spicy BBQ sauce such as Sweet Baby Rays. You can substitute any BBQ sauce. Stir together and bring to boil, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 20-30 minutes until reduced by at least half and thickened. Brush cider reduction sauce over ribs and place under broiler for 5 minutes until bubbly and starting to caramelize. Serve with remaining sauce and my Baked Spanish Rice recipe. […]

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