Bacon Mushroom And Rice Bake Recipes

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.

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.

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.

WILD RICE WITH BACON

Steps:

• Melt butter in 10 inch frypan (non-stick) over medium heat.
• Cook wild rice, mushrooms and onions in butter about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender.
• Stir in water, salt and pepper.
• Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally, reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer 40 to 50 minutes or until rice is tender, drain if necessary.
• Stir in bacon pieces.

PORK AND WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place rice and water in a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside. Place pork in skillet and cook until evenly brown. Drain and set aside.
• Reduce skillet heat to medium and melt butter. Stir in onion and celery, and cook until tender; set aside. Mix flour into remaining butter until smooth. In a bowl, mix the reserved mushroom liquid and half and half; stir into the skillet and cook until thickened. Stir in the soup. Mix in 6 cups cooked rice, cooked bacon, cooked pork, mushrooms, almonds, pimento, parsley, salt, and pepper. Transfer to a 9x13 inch casserole dish.
• Bake 40 minutes in the preheated oven.

SASKATCHEWAN WILD RICE WITH MUSHROOMS AND BACON

Steps:

• In good-sized saucepan over medium-high heat, fry bacon until crisp. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Add mushrooms and rice to pan and saute for a few minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add chicken bouillon and bring to a boil. Then cover and turn down to low. (Use liquid to rice ratio per directions on your bag of rice. Same for cooking time.).
• Simmer for 45 minutes without removing lid. No peeking!
• After 45 minutes, test to see if rice is done. If it isn't put lid back and continue to cook until done.
• Stir bacon and green onion in before serving.

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. 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 35 to 40 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.