Creative Rice & Noodle Recipes (No Casserole or Spaghetti!)

Mexican rice casserole
For every 1lb of ground beef you will use -
15 Oz can tomato sauce
Can of corn (drained)
Packet of taco seasoning
1 cup of rice
2 cups water
1 bag shredded cheddar cheese (2 cups)
Brown ground beef with chopped onions (if you like onions)
Drain then add back to pot
Add rice water corn and tomato sauce and taco seasoning
Bring to a boil the reduce heat and cover
Simmer 25-30 mins until rice is cooked through. (Stir occasionally)
Add cheese and mix and serve!
I like to add sour cream and hot sauce to my bowl, some like it as is! Enjoy!
 
Chop up a ham steak. Open can of black eyed peas or butterbeans. Cookham n beans in a skillet, add either chicken flavoring or ham. Cook until ham is finished, about 20 mins. Serve over rice. With corn bread of course.
 
The uncle Ben rices are awesome just throw in microwave for 90 seconds i like the coconut jasmine one because i make this. Cheesy scrambled eggs over a bed of the rice that I microwave then throw in a pan and fry up. I then use the same pan to make the cheesy scrambled eggs then throw on top of the rice with green onion Sriracha and kewpie japanese mayo
 
@veryconfused okay for the rice! I usually make this amount for just my husband and me.
We are lucky enough to get rice from Brazil which is called Tio Juao (Uncle John)
But using Jasmine is very good as well!
I wash my rice by rinsing it a few times and drain it a bit.
For one cup of rice, I use a tablespoon of butter and saute the garlic just for a minute or two till it's tiny bit soft. Then I saute the rice for a minute or two.
For my electric stove and the way that it cooks, one cup of water is enough since it has already been rinsed.
Then I add a teaspoon of chicken bouillon,
Bring it to a boil and then I quickly put the cover on and shut the heat off. And since I have an electric stove the residual heat cooks the rice for 20 minutes.
I give it a stir and it's delicious.
But you have to play around with your own stove, the key is really the butter, the garlic salt and chicken bouillon.
Now I'm no expert nor am I Brazilian so I don't know how authentic this is lol.
But everyone that comes over loves it so...
I saute a couple of pieces of very finely chopped bacon In a cast iron skillet until it renders it's fat.
Then I add about half of a very finely chopped onion,
And a clove of garlic.
I lower the heat so that's bacon doesn't burn.
I add a little bit of cumin.
And then I add a rinsed can of black beans, and mix that around and then about maybe a cup of water or so. A little bit of chicken bouillon.
Couple of bay leaves. Let it simmer. It will soften even though it's canned, it's still needs to soften.
And I like mine little brothy, but add as much water as you like. It's not actually soup, but it's it's really nice to have the juice kind of swimming around with the rice lol. So keep an eye on it. Add more water if needed, lower the heat, etc. The bay leaves are key in this dish and gives it a really yummy flavor.
Taste delicious with grilled chicken and a yummy simple salad with a lemon vinaigrette.
It's the simplest most comforting dinner and everyone loves it and it's so easy and cheap!
 
A mix in with most chunky soup or Campbell soup. Campbell abc soup with ground beef is good, add a tad of hot sauce if that’s your thing
 
I make this thing called trash can soup. I boil noodles in spicy veggie broth ( can be whatever broth you have on hand). I add water for more liquid. I then throw in veggies that are leftover or going bad and I season to taste. You can use any kind of noodle. Even spaghetti just cut it up! It's a really fun dish. Sometimes I add red lentils at the end to make it even more hearty. Serve garlic bread on the side !!
 
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