Mexican Yellow Rice Casserole Recipes

MEXICAN BEEF AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and start to brown, then add onion, garlic, and taco seasoning. Cook until beef is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard any excess oil. Add beans, tomatoes, spinach, chicken broth, 1 cup Mexican blend cheese, rice, and salsa. Pour into the prepared casserole dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until rice is cooked, 45 to 50 minutes. Take out of the oven, sprinkle with remaining cheese, and bake until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes more.

CHEESY MEXI-RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 3 1/2 quart casserole dish.
• In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in rice, reduce heat, and cover. Simmer for 20 minutes.
• In a wok or large skillet, heat the broth and saute the garlic, bell pepper and onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in cooked rice, cream-style corn, Mexican-style corn, whole kernel corn, diced tomatoes with chiles, green chiles, Mexican-style processed cheese, salt, pepper and chili powder. Spoon into prepared casserole dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until bubbly. Top with shredded Cheddar, cover and bake 5 minutes more. Remove from oven, uncover and let stand 10 minutes.

MEXICAN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Heat the oil in a large dutch oven and add the garlic and onions. Cook, 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and add the rice. Stir constantly, making sure the rice doesn't burn. Cook over low heat, about 3 minutes.
• Next, add the whole tomatoes, diced tomatoes, cumin, salt, pepper, cayenne and turmeric. Stir to combine and let cook, about 2 minutes. Finally, add the chicken broth and stir the mixture together. Bring the mixture to a boil, and then reduce heat to low. Cover, and simmer until the rice is not quite done, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Top with the cheese, and then bake with the lid off until the cheese is melted and the rice fully cooked, about 15 minutes. Serve with chopped cilantro.

MEXICAN YELLOW RICE

Steps:

• Place the rice in a heat-proof bowl and pour enough boiling water to cover. Let rice stand 20 minutes. Drain, then rinse under cool water. Drain again.
• Heat the oil in a saucepan on medium heat. Add the achiote powder and cook for about 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add the minced onion and garlic and cook for another 2-3 minutes or until the onion is translucent.
• Stir in the rice, toss to coat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. (The rice will want to stick to the bottom of the pan, so scrape it up using a metal spatula.).
• Pour in the broth, mix well and bring rice to a boil.
• Lower the heat, cover the pan and simmer 25-30 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.
• Just before serving, add the minced jalapeno if using, season to taste with salt. Transfer the rice to a serving dish and garnish with fresh cilantro leaves.

CHICKEN AND RICE ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Boil the rice according to package directions, then set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 13x9" baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
• Mix the two cheeses together and set aside.
• To a large mixing bowl, add shredded chicken, black beans, green chiles, Mexican corn, cooked rice, 1/2 of the cheese, and enchilada sauce. Season with salt and pepper, stir to combine.
• Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish. Top with additional corn and remaining cheese.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and melted.
• To serve, sprinkle with sliced green onions and minced cilantro.

MEXICAN CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare an 8" square or round dish.
• Place cooked chicken in a saute pan, add salsa and cream cheese and heat through until cream cheese is melted.
• Add black beans and green chiles and heat through.
• Layer ingredients in your prepared dish as follows: Crushed tortilla chips, Chicken mixture, Sour cream, Tomatoes, Green Onions, Cheese.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Garnish with sliced green onions or cilantro and fresh tomato.

MEXICAN YELLOW RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Brown hamburger meat and drain.
• Add taco seasoning and approximately 1/2 cup water.
• Simmer 10 minutes.
• Cook rice as directed on box (leave water in rice, do not drain).
• Mix cheese and tomatoes and melt in microwave.
• Combine all ingredients, using only a few of the crumbled Doritos.
• Pour into casserole dish and sprinkle remaining Doritos on top of mixture.
• Bake at 325 F for 25 minutes or until bubbly.

YELLOW RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Cook yellow rice according to package directions.
• 2. Blend soup, sour cream and melted margarine.
• 3. Combine all ingredients except grated cheese.
• 4. Pour into a 7x11 baking dish and cook for 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
• 5. Top with cheese and return to oven for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.