Best Rice Medley Recipes

EASY VEGETABLE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet.
• Add onion, carrot, celery, and red pepper; cook 5 minutes or until tender.
• Add broth; bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice and peas; cover.
• Simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
• ****To save time, replace all the veggies with 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables or frozen broccoli florets and add them when you would have added the peas.

RICE VEGETABLE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the rice, water, soup mix and salt; bring to a boil. Add the vegetables; return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Cook until rice and vegetables are tender.

ASPARAGUS AND MUSHROOM RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Pour broth into a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Add rice. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute onion in butter for 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add the mushrooms, zucchini and carrot; saute 3-5 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add asparagus and basil; cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat for 5-7 minutes or until asparagus is crisp-tender. , In a small serving bowl, combine the rice, asparagus mixture, cheese and pepper.

BROWN AND WILD RICE MEDLEY WITH BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Combine vegetable broth, wild rice, brown rice, and olive oil in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover with a lid, and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir balsamic vinegar, sherry, garlic, salt, black pepper, and cardamom into rice; cover with a lid and continue simmering until flavors start to combine, about 10 minutes.
• Stir black beans, mushrooms, cranberries, and parsley into rice mixture; continue cooking over low heat until rice is tender and mixture is hot throughout, 10 to 15 minutes more.

BEEF AND RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Place ground beef and onion in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain excess fat. Stir in water and rice. Season with beef bouillon and black pepper. Simmer 25 to 30 minutes, or until water is absorbed. Stir in diced tomatoes and green peppers. Simmer another 10 minutes, until green pepper is tender. Sprinkle top with cheese.

CORN RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil; add rice. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1- minutes. , Meanwhile, in a small skillet, saute the red pepper and green onion in oil until tender. Stir into rice. Add the corn. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until rice is tender. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first six ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove from the heat; add lemon juice. Fluff with a fork.

BEEF AND WILD RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the garlic powder, thyme and cayenne. Sprinkle over beef., In a large saucepan coated with cooking spray, cook beef in oil until no longer pink; drain. Stir in celery and green pepper; cook 2 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in the water and rice mix with contents of seasoning packet. , Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 23-28 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in tomato; heat through. Sprinkle with onion.

CROCK POT RICE & VEGETABLE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Saute the onion, carrots, celery and garlic, stirring occasionally, until the onion has softened (about 5 min).
• Add sauteed veggies to slow cooker.
• Add vegetable stock, rice, sun dried tomatoes, salt, pepper and saffron.
• Cover and cook for 4 hours on low until the rice is cooked and the liquid has been absorbed.
• Stir in the peas, peppers and lemon juice using a fork.
• Cover and cook on high for 15 minutes until hot and peppers are tender.
• Sprinkle with parsley.

BROWN AND WILD RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook rice mix according to package directions, omitting butter., Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, saute onion and green beans in oil for 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms, carrots and pepper; saute 3-5 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender. Add vegetables and almonds to cooked rice; stir until blended.

VEGETABLE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over medium heat, saute rice and onion in oil until rice is lightly browned. Add the tomato, pepper, water and salt; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in peas and heat through.

CELERY MUSHROOM RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion, celery, mushrooms and green pepper in butter until tender, about 8 minutes. Stir in rice, salt, sage and pepper; reduce heat to low. Cook and stir 3-4 minutes longer or until heated through.

CREAMY CHICKEN-VEGETABLE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Cook and stir chicken in skillet on medium heat 8 to 10 min. or until done. Stir in broth; cook 2 to 3 min. or until heated through.
• Add Neufchatel; cook 2 to 3 min. or until melted, stirring frequently. Add vegetables; stir gently.
• Let stand, covered, 5 min. Serve over rice.

SLOW-COOKER WILD RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Spray 3- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In slow cooker, mix all ingredients except pine nuts, cherries and parsley.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours or until wild rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle pine nuts in ungreased heavy skillet. Cook over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently until nuts begin to brown, then stirring constantly until nuts are light brown. Set aside.
• Just before serving, stir cherries and toasted pine nuts into wild rice. Sprinkle with parsley.

VEGETABLE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the rice,water,soup mix and salt; bring to a boil.
• Add the vegetables; return to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Cook until rice and vegetables are tender.

BROWN RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• 1. Brown rice - I recommend cooking good brown rice, which takes about 45 minutes. The flavor is much better than the minute brown rice. Another tip for more flavor is to cook the rice in half vegetable broth, half water. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
• 2. Prepare vinaigrette by whisking all ingredients together until well blended.
• 3. Drizzle dressing over rice, tossing gently to coat, until you achieve your desired saturation. Serve!

WILD RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine broth and seasonings; bring to a boil. Add rice; cover and simmer for 55-60 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. , In a large skillet, saute green pepper and onion in oil. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add mushrooms; saute until tender. Stir in rice and tomato. , Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the water, soy sauce and bouillon to a boil. Stir in rice. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45-50 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. In a large nonstick skillet, saute the green peppers, cauliflower, broccoli, onion and garlic in oil until crisp-tender. Stir vegetables and thyme into rice mixture.

COLORFUL RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan coated with cooking spray, saute onion in butter for 1 minute. Add rice and red pepper; cook and stir for 3-4 minutes or until rice is lightly browned., Stir in the broth, wine, thyme and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. , Stir in peas; cover and simmer 3-5 minutes longer or until rice is tender and peas are heated through. Stir in 1/4 cup cheese. Sprinkle remaining cheese over the top.

ORANGE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, saute onion and peppers in oil until tender. Add rice; stir until lightly browned. Add broth, orange juice, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Stir in oranges.