Best Baked Rice For A Crowd Recipes

HOW TO COOK RICE FOR A CROWD (EASY OVEN METHOD)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
• Place 3 quarts uncooked rice in large roasting pan (lightly sprayed with cooking spray), spread evenly. Set aside.
• In a large stock-pot, combine water and salt. Bring to a rolling boil.
• CAREFULLY pour boiling water over rice and stir so rice is even along the bottom.
• Immediately cover tightly with aluminum foil. Make sure you have a tight seal around ALL the edges.
• Place roasting pan in oven and bake for 40-45 minutes or until rice is tender.
• Fluff with a large wooden spoon & serve.
• **Note: If you want to wait to serve, just keep in the oven at 150 degrees or so or keep warm in an electric warming pan. Add a little water if necessary to keep from drying out.

CLASSIC RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter and olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until onion is lightly browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Combine rice and onion mixture in a 9x13-inch casserole dish placed on a baking sheet. Stir thoroughly to coat the rice.
• Combine chicken stock, salt, saffron, and cayenne pepper in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Pour chicken stock mixture over rice in the casserole dish and stir to combine. Spread mixture evenly along the bottom of the pan. Cover tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to rest, covered, for 10 minutes. Remove foil and fluff with a fork to separate the grains of rice.

BAKED RICE FOR A CROWD

Steps:

• In large pot, bring rice and 3 and 1/2 cups of broth to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until tender.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in skillet and saute onions and celery until softened, then add remaining broth and all other remaining ingedients.
• Combine rice with sauteed vegetables, pour into a greased 13 x 9 baking dish, and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• NOTE: use vegetable stock and margarine instead of chicken broth and butter to make this a vegetarian dish.

EASY RICE PUDDING FOR A CROWD (CAN BE HALVED)

Steps:

• Into a large, heavy-bottomed pan, mix together all ingredients. On medium heat, stir occasionally while mixture comes to a simmer.
• Continue stirring regularly throughout the process. You don't have to stir constantly, but you can't just walk away for very long either.
• Once at a simmer turn down heat and continue to stir periodically. Allow to thicken to a creamy consistency (about 25-30 minutes).
• Don't let it get too thick. It should be only slightly thicker than a hearty cream soup. If it gets much thicker it will be too thick when it cools. Serve as desired, whether hot or cold.