Baked Mushroom Bacon Rice Recipes

BACON MUSHROOM AND RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• Butter a casserole dish.
• Cook the rice, and set aside.
• In a frypan cook bacon until crisp; drain the bacon fat if desired, or just leave in frypan to fry the veggies (you might still have to add in some butter for frying) remove and chop bacon into large pieces and set aside.
• Add in 1/4 cup butter, and saute onion, garlic, celery and green pepper for about 4-5 minutes or until soft.
• Transfer the cooked bacon and sauteed veggies to a large bowl; add in the cooked rice and all remaining ingredients; mix well to combine, adjusting salt and pepper to taste.
• Transfer to a greased casserole dish.
• Bake (covered or uncovered) for about 30-40 minutes.
• **NOTE** if desired sprinkle grated cheddar cheese over the casserole the last 20 minutes of baking.
• Also, for perfrect converted rice, boil 1-3/4 cups water with 1 cup rice and 2 tablespoons butter (double the water, rice and butter if desired) this will give you a not too soft rice, perfect for this or any recipe.

BAKED MUSHROOM BACON RICE

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 425 F or 220 C.
• If you are using a fan assisted oven, you can cut the heat by about 10 percent.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter and sauté the rice and bacon for two minutes.
• Add the celery, onion and mushrooms.
• Cook and stir for a further 2-4 minutes, until the vegetables just start to soften.
• Pour into a large casserole dish.
• Stir in the broth and garlic.
• Add a generous amount of black pepper and a couple pinches of oregano.
• Mix well.
• Cover and bake for 30 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is cooked.

MUSHROOM OVEN RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the rice in butter for 2 minutes or until golden brown.
• Add celery and onion; cook and stir for 2 minutes.
• Add mushrooms; cook and stir until the celery is tender.
• Pour into a greased 1 1/2 quart casserole dish.
• Stir in the broth, water, soy sauce and parsley.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.

BAKED MUSHROOM RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, stir together the white rice, cream of mushroom soup, and vegetable broth. You can use any kind of broth here.
• Blend in the onion, mushrooms, parsley, oregano, melted butter, salt, and pepper. Transfer to a 2 quart baking dish, and cover with a lid or aluminum foil.
• Bake for 45 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven.
• If the rice is looking dry before it is tender, then pour in a little water and continue cooking until rice is tender.

OVEN-BAKED MUSHROOM & BACON RISOTTO

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300ºF.
• Place 2-qt. casserole in oven to warm. Meanwhile, cook bacon in large skillet on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet, reserving 1 Tbsp. drippings in skillet. Drain bacon on paper towels.
• Add onions to drippings in skillet; cook and stir 3 min. Add mushrooms; cook 10 min. or until mushrooms release most of their liquid, stirring occasionally. Add rice; cook and stir 1 min. Stir in broth, thyme and pepper; bring just to simmer. Remove from heat. Crumble bacon; stir into rice mixture. Spoon into warmed casserole; cover.
• Bake 30 to 35 min. or until rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed. Add cheese; stir until melted.

WILD RICE WITH MUSHROOMS AND BACON

Steps:

• Fry bacon til crisp and drain most of the drippings.
• Crumble bacon and set aside.
• Sauté mushrooms and wild rice in remaining bacon drippings about 3 minutes.
• Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• Cover pan and reduce heat to a simmer.
• Cook 45-60 minutes or'til rice is puffed and tender.
• Fluff rice with a fork, tast, and add salt to taste.
• Cook uncovered to evaporate any excess moisture if necessary.
• Toss with crumbled bacon before serving.
• Makes about 6 cups.

RICE, MUSHROOM & BACON DELIGHT

Steps:

• Lightly saute bacon & mushrooms;drain.
• Combine with rice, onions & tomatoes.
• Add mayonnaise & toss lightly; season & chill.
• Serve in a lettuce lined bowl.