Best Rice And Spinach Casserole Recipes

SPINACH, HAM, AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, combine spinach, rice, milk, eggs, 3/4 cup cheese, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion and garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft and beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Add wine and cook until evaporated, about 3 minutes. Add ham and cook until warmed through, about 2 minutes.
• Add ham mixture to spinach mixture and stir to combine. Transfer to four 10-ounce ramekins or an 8-ounce square baking dish; top with 1/4 cup cheese. Bake until warmed through and golden brown on top, 20 to 30 minutes.

SPINACH AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Tear spinach into bite sized pieces, removing stems and set aside.
• In a large saucepan, saute onion in olive oil until tender. Add rice. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add chicken broth and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Stir in spinach, salt and pepper and cook until spinach is wilted.
• Transfer mixture to a 2 quart prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Cover and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove lid and turn oven to broil to brown cheese a bit.

SPINACH AND BROWN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Heat oil in Dutch oven, and saute onion, mushrooms and garlic until tender.
• In a small bowl, mix egg, flour and cottage cheese. Add to sauteed vegetables, along with the spinach. Stir in rice, pepper, thyme and 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese.
• Turn into a greased 12-by-8-inch baking dish, and top with sunflower seeds and remaining Parmesan cheese.
• Bake for at least 30 minutes.

RICE AND SPINACH CASSEROLE WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add rice, stir once, and cook until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add zucchini, garlic, and scallions, and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring often, until tender, 3 minutes more. Season with salt, and transfer to a bowl.
• Return pan to medium heat, and add remaining tablespoon oil. Add spinach, and cook for 2 minutes. Add basil, and cook, stirring occasionally, until bright green and wilted, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Drain.
• Whisk ricotta and eggs in a large bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups cooked rice to mixture. Stir in cooked zucchini and spinach-basil mixtures. Add 3/4 teaspoon salt, and season with pepper.
• Combine Parmesan and remaining cooked rice in a small bowl. Lightly coat a 9-inch round baking dish, 2 inches deep, with oil, and spoon ricotta mixture into dish. Top with Parmesan-rice mixture. Bake until filling is set and top is golden, 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.

BROWN RICE AND SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Thaw the spinach (microwave "defrost" setting, or in a sieve under cool running water), squeeze out the extra water, set aside in the sieve to finish draining.
• Beat the eggs, shred the cheese, combine, set aside.
• Mince the onions, slice the mushrooms, or use already-sliced criminis (life is too short to slice mushrooms! IMO).
• In a medium saute pan, on med-high heat, heat half of the chicken broth, add the onions and bring to a simmer. Allow the broth to nearly cook away, while the onions become brown. Watch it - don't let it burn. As the broth simmers away, add the remaining broth and the mushrooms. Lower the heat as needed to maintain a low simmer. Give the onion/mushroom/broth mixture a stir, and when just a bit of broth is left, remove the saute pan from the heat.
• Combine all ingredients in a baking pan and put in the oven, at 325 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes.
• VERY IMPORTANT: be sure to use already-cooked rice.
• (About cooking the rice ahead - I make a large-ish batch of it, and freeze it in smaller containers; it reheats pretty well in the microwave or skillet.).

SKINNY SPINACH AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• In 3-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add carrots, celery, onion and garlic; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add water and soup; heat to boiling. Add spinach, rice, Italian seasoning and pepper; return to boiling. Remove from heat; stir in ham, 1/4 cup of the Cheddar cheese and the Parmesan cheese. Spread in baking dish. Cover with foil.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until bubbly. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese. Let stand uncovered 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

MINI SPINACH CASSEROLE WIHT RICOTTA CHEESE, BROWN RICE, AND HAM

Steps:

• Puree the spinach and ricotta in the blender. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Mix all ingredients together in a 9" pie pan and bake for 20 minutes.

SPANOKORIZO (SPINACH AND RICE CASSEROLE)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot.
• Saute the onions until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in the spinach and saute until wilted, about 3 minutes.
• Add the rice, dill, water, salt and pepper. Stir thoroughly, and cover. Simmer about 15 - 20 minutes until the rice is cooked and the liquid is absorbed.
• Serve warm, garnished with lemon wedges.

CHICKEN AND RICE CASSEROLE WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATOES AND SPINACH

Steps:

• For the topping: process bread, pine nuts and butter in a food processor until coarsely ground (about 10 1 second pulses). transfer to a bowl & mix in Parmesan cheese.
• For the filling: Preheat oven to 400*F.
• In a large heavy bottom pot (dutch oven), heat oil & garlic over medium high heat until garlic is lightly golden, stirring often, about 2 minutes.
• Add the spinach in handfuls and stir until just wilted, about 4 minutes. transfer spinach to a colander set in the sink and gently squeeze out excess moisture. Coarsely chop the spinach & set aside.
• Wipe the pot clean and melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour, stirring constantly, cook until golden, about 1 minute.
• Slowly whisk in the broth and milk, bring to a simmer, whisking often.
• Add the rice, oregano, salt, and pepper. Return to a simmer then reduce heat to medium low.
• Cover and cook, stirring often, until rice has absorbed most of the liquid & is just tender, about 25 minutes.
• Add the chicken and cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until it is no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
• Off heat, stir in the sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella, and spinach.
• Pour into a 9x13" baking dish and sprinkle with bread crumb topping.
• Bake until the topping is browned and the casserole is bubbling, 20-25 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes and serve with parsley.

CAULIFLOWER RICE CASSEROLE WITH SPINACH AND ARTICHOKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in the hot oil for 1 minute. Add spinach and cook until wilted, 5 to 7 minutes. Add artichokes and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer mixture to a large bowl.
• Cook cauliflower rice in the same skillet over medium heat until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add to the spinach mixture with cooked quinoa; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, until thoroughly incorporated. Stir in 1/4 cup vegan cheese. Transfer mixture to a 9x13-inch baking dish and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons vegan cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil casserole in the preheated oven until cheese is gooey and golden brown, about 2 minutes.

GREEK CHICKEN AND SPINACH RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray an ovenproof 10-inch skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat.
• Add onion, and coat onion with cooking spray. Cook and stir 4 minutes or until translucent. Add water, spinach, rice, salt and ground red pepper. Stir until well blended.
• Remove from heat; sprinkle with salt and place chicken tenders on top in a single layer, sprinkle with Greek seasoning and lemon pepper seasoning.
• Cover with foil and bake 25 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center and rice is tender.
• Remove foil and evenly drizzle with oil all over.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

CREAMY CHICKEN, RICE AND SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Combine all ingredients except corn flake crumbs and margarine; spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• Mix remaining ingredients; sprinkle over chicken mixture. Cover.
• Bake 45 min. or until heated through, uncovering for the last 5 min.

SMOKED GOUDA AND SPINACH RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat, add shallots and mushroom, saute about 6 to 8 minutes or until tender.
• Add hot rice, spinach, 1 1/4 cup gouda, and the cream. Stir until cheese melts and the mixture is heated through.
• Put mixture into a lightly greased 2 qt casserole, sprinkle remaining cheese over the top, broil about 2 minutes to melt cheese.

CHICKEN AND SPINACH PASTA/RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350^. Spray a 9-inch square baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Combine mayonnaise,sour cream, garlic powder, pepper and cheeses in a medium bowl, set aside. In another bowl, toss 1/3 of the sauce with the chicken, spinach and pasta or rice and spread in the casserole dish. Pour the rest of the sauce mixture over the chicken,spinach,and pasta.
• Bake uncovered 40 minutes or until top is Golden brown. Delicious!!

SPINACH AND BROWN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In 1 qt pan, bring water and salt to boil. Add rice, cover, and simmer 45 minutes. Remove from heat, uncover and cool slightly. In a frying pan, heat oil then add mushrooms and green onions. Sauté until mushrooms are golden brown; set aside. Mix sunflower seeds with rice then spread evenly in a greased, shallow 2-qt. Pan. Over rice, layer spinach, jack cheese, then chicken (or ham). Distribute mushrooms over the chicken then arrange artichokes on top. Cover with cheddar then bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes

RICE AND SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add rice, stir once, and cook until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add zucchini, garlic, and scallions, and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring often, until tender, 3 minutes more. Season with salt, and transfer to a bowl. Return pan to medium heat, and add remaining tablespoon oil. Add spinach, and cook for 2 minutes. Add basil, and cook, stirring occasionally, until bright green and wilted, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Drain. Whisk ricotta and eggs in a large bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups cooked rice to mixture. Stir in cooked zucchini and spinach-basil mixtures. Add 3/4 teaspoon salt, and season with pepper. Combine Parmesan and remaining cooked rice in a small bowl. Lightly coat a 9-inch round baking dish, 2 inches deep, with oil, and spoon ricotta mixture into dish. Top with Parmesan-rice mixture. Bake until filling is set and top is golden, 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.

RICE AND SPINACH CASSEROLE WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Step 1
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add rice, stir once, and cook until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain.
• Step 2
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add zucchini, garlic, and scallions, and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring often, until tender, 3 minutes more. Season with salt, and transfer to a bowl.
• Step 3
• Return pan to medium heat, and add remaining tablespoon oil. Add spinach, and cook for 2 minutes. Add basil, and cook, stirring occasionally, until bright green and wilted, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Drain.
• Step 4
• Whisk ricotta and eggs in a large bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups cooked rice to mixture. Stir in cooked zucchini and spinach-basil mixtures. Add 3/4 teaspoon salt, and season with pepper.
• Step 5
• Combine Parmesan and remaining cooked rice in a small bowl. Lightly coat a 9-inch round baking dish, 2 inches deep, with oil, and spoon ricotta mixture into dish. Top with Parmesan-rice mixture. Bake until filling is set and top is golden, 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.