Baked Spinach Rice Recipes

SPINACH RICE

Steps:

• In a pot, bring the rice and water to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium baking dish.
• In a bowl, mix the soup, milk, jalapeno peppers, salt, and pepper.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat, and cook the onion until tender. Mix in the cooked rice and spinach. Pour the soup mixture into the skillet, and continue cooking until heated through. Mix in the cubed processed cheese, and transfer to the prepared baking dish.
• Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until bubbly and lightly browned.

SPINACH AND RICE (SPANAKORIZO)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onions in the oil until soft and translucent. Add spinach, and cook stirring for a few minutes, then pour in the tomato sauce and water. Bring to a boil, and season with parsley, dill, salt and pepper. Stir in rice, reduce heat to low, and simmer uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes, or until rice is tender. Add more water if necessary.

SPINACH RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F degrees. Lightly mist a casserole dish with nonstick spray. I usually use a pretty oval dish, but you could use an 8- or 9-inch square dish if you like.
• In a large bowl, add cooked rice, spinach, butter, onion, salt and cheese. In a 4-cup measure, pour milk and add eggs. Whisk to combine. Pour into the bowl with rice-spinach mixture and stir well to combine.
• Pour into prepared casserole dish and bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove from oven and serve.
• Serves 6.

SIMPLE SPINACH RICE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Add the oil to a deep pot and heat over medium heat.
• Add the onions and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add the thyme, hot chile pepper, and salt to taste and continue to sauté for about 1 minute.
• Add the spinach and toss to wilt it and reduce the volume slightly.
• Add the rice and water, stir, cover, and bring to a boil. Let boil for 3 minutes and then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes, or until all the liquid has been absorbed.
• Adjust the seasoning with salt to taste. Fluff with a fork and serve.

BAKED SPINACH RICE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil. Add spinach and wilt for 30 seconds. Remove with a wire mesh spider or tongs and rinse in a colander with cold water. Squeeze dry and chop roughly.
• In the same pot, boil the rice for 10 minutes, keeping it slightly underdone. Drain and spread on a baking sheet to cool, then transfer to a large bowl.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 2-quart soufflé dish (or other baking dish) and dust with about 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add almonds and cook, stirring, until golden, about 2 minutes. Season lightly with salt and add contents of skillet to rice.
• Add remaining Parmesan to rice, along with the ricotta, Gruyère, currants, nutmeg, lemon zest, thyme and sage. Season lightly with salt and add pepper to taste. Add chopped spinach and gently toss rice with hands or wooden spoons to distribute ingredients evenly. Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish. (May be prepared up to this point several hours in advance of baking.)
• Cover and bake for 30 minutes, then uncover and bake 10 minutes more, until top is browned.

CHEESY SPINACH RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package instructions.
• While rice is cooking, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small pan, melt the butter and add the onion. Cook for a couple of minutes to soften.
• Scrape onion and butter into a large mixing bowl. Add spinach, mustard, and salt. Mix to combine.
• When rice is cooked, add to the bowl along with the cheese. Mix well and pour into an 8 x 8-inch casserole dish.
• Bake, uncovered for 30-40 minutes.

BAKED SPINACH AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-14-by-2-inch oval baking dish, or six individual cast-iron pans, with 2 tablespoons of the melted butter and set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large (12-inch) saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the scallions and zucchini and saute for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for one minute. Lightly press most of the water out of the spinach and add it to the pan. Add the rice, basil, parsley, nutmeg, lemon juice, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper and toss well. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, cream, the -remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter, and the 1/4 cup Parmesan. Pour the mixture over the spinach and zucchini and smooth the top. Sprinkle with some extra Parmesan and the Gruyere. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

BAKED SPINACH LEMON RICE

Steps:

• Saute onion, mushrooms, and garlic in oil until tender.
• Stir in rice, spinach, lemon juice, salt, dill, and pepper.
• Reserve 1 tablespoon cheese and stir remaining cheese into skillet; mix well.
• Transfer to sprayed 8-inch square baking dish and sprinkle with reserved cheese.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes; uncover and bake 5-10 minutes longer or until heated through and cheese is melted.

EASY SPINACH RICE RECIPE (SPANAKORIZO)

Steps:

• Here's how to make the best and easiest spinach rice that turns out perfect and fresh at all times.
• Place a pan on medium heat, add olive oil and heat until hot. Add chopped onions to the hot oil and saute until soft, fragrant and translucent.
• Add chopped spinach and stir until it wilts down, season with salt, dill (if using) black pepper, garlic granules and chicken bouillon powder.
• Add cooked rice and stir together until well combined. Finish the dish off with a squeeze of lemon juice. Take it off the heat, serve and enjoy.

SPINACH RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat; saute onion until tender. Stir in water, parsley, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Stir in rice; top with spinach., Cover; remove from heat. Let stand until rice is tender, 7-10 minutes. Stir to combine.

RICE SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender. Add rice; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add broth and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the spinach, salt and pepper; cook until spinach is wilted., Transfer to a 2-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover and bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender.

BAKED RICE WITH SPINACH AND PARMESAN CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 F.
• Grease a 3-quart baking dish or casserole.
• Peel the onion and chop it finely.
• Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan or saute pan over medium heat. Add the finely chopped onion and cook until it is softened and translucent, stirring frequently. Add 4 1/2 cups of chicken stock and continue cooking until the stock comes to a simmer.
• Put the rice in a colander or mesh strainer and rinse with cold water.
• Transfer the rice to the prepared baking dish or casserole; add the chicken stock and onion mixture and stir the mixture gently until blended.
• Bake the rice, uncovered, in the preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until the liquid is almost absorbed. Stir the rice occasionally and add more stock, if necessary.
• Meanwhile, give the spinach a rough chop
• De-stem and chop the herbs finely.
• Remove the casserole from the oven and stir in the pepper, spinach, herbs, and Parmesan cheese. Taste the rice and add salt, if necessary. If the mixture seems dry, add more chicken stock.
• Cover the baking dish tightly with foil and return it to the oven. Bake the casserole for about 5 minutes longer, or until the rice is tender and the spinach has wilted.
• Stir the rice mixture with a fork to fluff.

SPINACH RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Cook spinach according to package directions; drain well. Add the remaining ingredients. Transfer to a greased 1-qt. baking dish. , Cover and bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Uncover; bake 20-25 minutes longer or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

EASY RICE BAKE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a large casserole dish.
• In a large pan over medium-high heat, saute onions with 2 tablespoons of butter and cayenne until translucent. Add the spinach and cook for 3 minutes. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together milk and eggs.
• Add the cheese, rice, parsley, thyme, basil and spinach mixture and combine well. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour into prepared casserole dish and top with extra shredded cheese. Bake for 30 minutes and serve piping hot.

SPINACH MUSHROOM RICE BAKE

Steps:

• For the buttered riceCombine the rice and enough water in a deep bowl and soak for 15 minutes. Drain. Keep aside.Heat the butter in a deep non-stick pan, add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.Add the rice and sauté on a medium flame for 2 minutes.Add the salt and 1½ cups of hot water, mix well and cover with a lid and cook on a medium flame for 6 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside.
• For the spinach mushroom mixtureHeat the butter in a deep non-stick pan, add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 2 minutes.Add the green chillies, spinach, mushrooms, salt and pepper powder, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 6 minutes, while stirring occasionally.Switch off the flame, add the cheese and mix well. Keep aside.
• How to proceedArrange the buttered rice on a greased 200 mm. (8") diameter baking dish and spread it evenly. Put the spinach mushroom vegetable evenly over it.Finally top it grated cheese and chilli flakes evenly over it.Bake in a preheated oven at 200ºc (400ºf) for 15 minutes.Serve hot.