Rice Recipes

Chicken pieces poached in a seasoned broth, then baked in a robust tomato sauce loaded with green chiles and garlic. A two-step method that keeps the meat juicy while building deep, layered Mexican flavors. Feeds 8 to 10.

Cajun dirty rice with chopped shrimp, red onion, garlic, green onions, parsley, and red pepper, finished in the oven with butter for a crispy top. A Louisiana classic with a seafood twist.

Easy arroz con pollo, a simplified chicken and saffron yellow rice studded with green peas. Real saffron threads tint and perfume the rice in this fast, one-pot Latin-style weeknight dinner.

Three-ingredient banana condiment with lemon and raisins simmers into a thick, jammy spread for jolof rice. Make it ahead and store for weeks of West African flavor.

Easy chicken Creole with cooked chicken in a tomato-paste sauce with onions, green pepper, garlic, and Tabasco. A 25-minute Louisiana-style weeknight dinner over rice.

Feijão preto is a Brazilian-style black bean stew slow-simmered with onion, garlic, orange, tomato and coriander, served over brown rice with toasted bread crumbs and orange slices.

Felvideki finom nulleves, a hearty Hungarian hare soup from the Upper Highlands with root vegetables, lard-browned liver roux, and rice. Old-country game cookery from the Felvidek region.

Festive rice side dish with crunchy water chestnuts, sweet petite peas, and sliced celery tossed in butter with steamed rice. A quick, colorful side ready in 20 minutes.

Fiesta meat balls piquante are Mexican-style albondigas with rice baked into the meatballs and a chipotle-spiked tomato sauce. One-pan dinner with smoky, smoldering heat from pickled chiles.

Fiesta turkey with cream sauce: leftover cooked turkey simmered with mixed vegetables in a cumin-scented sour cream sauce. Weeknight dinner from Thanksgiving leftovers.

Cajun file gumbo with canned salmon, okra, and the holy trinity simmered down and finished with file powder. A Lafayette-style one-pot supper served over hot rice.

Florentine pie is a crustless baked spinach and cheddar custard set in a rice and Parmesan shell. Light, egg-white based vegetarian main seasoned with nutmeg and scallions.

Fourby chili: a vegan black bean chili simmered in stout beer with peanut butter for depth, corn for sweetness, and broccoli florets on top for crunch. An unconventional, deeply flavored chili worth the slow cook.

Chicken and rice casserole baked with four cans of cream soup for a creamy, hands-off one-pan dinner. Just layer, cover, and bake for three hours with almost no prep.

Freezer mix stroganoff turns a beef-mushroom freezer mix into a creamy sour cream sauce served over noodles or rice. A 30-minute weeknight dinner from the freezer.

Fresh tuna hero stacks seared tuna steak with roasted garlic, green beans, tomato, and roasted red pepper on a hollowed-out French roll. A pressed Niçoise-style sandwich that gets better after a rest in the fridge.