Rice Recipes

Vegetarian stuffed grape leaves filled with rice, yellow split peas, mushrooms, and warming spices like turmeric and cayenne. Baked until tender, these make a hearty appetizer or meatless main.

Orange-pecan dressing with fresh OJ, honey, chopped pecans, mustard, and celery salt. A fruity, nutty vinaigrette that shakes together in 5 minutes. Great on spinach and grain salads.

No-bake fruit and nut bars with dates, apricots, toasted almonds, and corn cereal in a brown sugar caramel. Chewy, crunchy, and ready in 40 minutes.

Lamb roghan josh with toasted coriander, saffron cream, and garam masala. Tender cubed lamb simmered in yogurt sauce, finished with toasted almond flakes.

Classic crab meat salad with whipped cream, mayonnaise, blanched almonds, and hard-cooked eggs. A vintage luncheon dish served on lettuce with riced egg yolk garnish.

Traditional Persian tahdig rice with saffron, cinnamon, pistachios, golden raisins, and candied orange zest. Fluffy basmati on top, shatteringly crisp golden crust on the bottom.

Thai-inspired shrimp and chicken soup built on a homemade bone broth with coriander, chili, soy sauce, and mushrooms. Served over rice with fresh cilantro and scallions.

Savory wild rice dinner muffins with Parmesan, Italian seasoning, and garlic. A quick bread side dish that pairs with soups, stews, and roasted meats.

Vegan Mexican bake layered with corn tortillas, beans, rice, salsa, frozen corn, and vegetables. A flexible, no-fuss casserole you can throw together with whatever you have on hand.

Creamy baked chicken curry layered over rice with tart Granny Smith apples and buttery avocado slices. A rich yogurt-cream sauce ties it all together in this 30-minute casserole.

Stuffed cabbage rolls filled with lean ground beef and rice, simmered for nearly two hours in a sweet-savory tomato sauce with Worcestershire and brown sugar.

Golden-browned chicken simmered with zucchini, tomatoes, oregano, thyme, and briny green olives. A rustic Mediterranean one-pot meal served over white rice.

Pecan pralines made the old-fashioned way: white and brown sugar cooked with milk and corn syrup to the medium-ball stage, beaten creamy, then spooned over pecans. A classic Southern brown-sugar candy.

Ground beef or turkey with onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, and rice baked into a chili-spiced casserole. A simple one-dish weeknight dinner with pantry staples you probably already have.

One-pot beef and corn casserole with rice, peppers, leeks, and carrots simmered in beef broth. Cubed beef browned then slow-cooked with vegetables until tender.

One-pot Italian chicken and rice baked with tomatoes, olives, pimentos, and green peas. The rice toasts golden before baking and absorbs all the pan juices.