Italian Rice A Roni Recipes

CHICKEN RICE-A-RONI®

Steps:

• Place chicken, celery, carrot, onion, and bay leaf in a stockpot and cover with water. Set over high heat, add salt, and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until the thighs and legs can be pulled easily from the carcass, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove chicken to a bowl, carefully tipping the carcass to drain any broth from the cavity back into the stockpot.
• Let meat sit until it's cool enough to handle, 15 to 20 minutes. Separate skin, bones, and meat. Set aside 2 cups shredded meat (white, dark, or a combination of the two) for rice-a-roni and reserve the rest for another use.
• Transfer skin and bones back to the stockpot with the broth and simmer for 1 to 2 hours or until you need it. Strain.
• Combine oil and butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. When hot and melted, add onion, bell pepper, and salt. Cook and stir until onion just starts to turn translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add broken spaghetti and cook until toasted and light golden brown to dark brown in color, about 3 minutes; it's okay if the onions and peppers start to caramelize.
• Add rice and stir until completely coated. Add pepper, oregano, cumin, and saffron. Stir in 3 ½ cups chicken broth. Add cayenne, garbanzo beans, peas, and shredded chicken and return to a simmer.
• Cover tightly with a lid, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook for 15 minutes; do not lift the lid or stir during this time.
• Remove the lid and check the rice in a couple spots. It should be just barely tender. (If it seems undercooked, you can cover and cook for a few more minutes.) Replace the lid, turn off the heat, and let rice sit for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle parsley and cilantro over top and stir to combine. Check for seasoning and serve immediately.

SAVORY ITALIAN RICE BAKE - RICE A RONI RECIPE - (3.6/5)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare Rice a Roni mix as directed. Remove sausage from casing; crumble in 10 inch skillet. Brown sausage and onion; drain off fat, reserving 1 tablespoon of drippings in skillet. Set aside. Add zucchini and garlic; saute over medium heat 1 minute. Cover; continue cooking over low heat about 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Combine prepared Rice a Roni, sausage mixture, 1 cup spaghetti sauce, and basil; spread into 11 x 7 inch baking dish. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup cheese. Top with zucchini. Pour over remaining sauce. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. You may substitute ground beef for sausage.

RICE-AH-RONI

Steps:

• Mix together salt, pepper, coriander, mustard powder, celery salt, paprika, turmeric, and cayenne pepper in a small bowl.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add diced onion and pasta. Cook and stir until onions soften and pasta turns golden brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Stir in spice blend; cook and stir about 30 seconds. Add rice and stir until rice is coated with butter, about 1 minute.
• Pour in chicken broth. Bring to a simmer. Stir; reduce heat to low. Cover with a tight-fitting lid; cook for 17 minutes. Remove from heat; let covered skillet sit for 5 minutes. Remove lid and stir in parsley, fluffing rice and breaking up any clumps.

CREAMY ITALIAN RICE A RONI

Steps:

• Place The box of Chicken Rice A Roni in a large casserole dish.
• Add Butter, and water.
• Bring just to a boil.
• Pour Creamy Italian Dressing over rice.
• Bake the additional 20 minutes or per recipe on box.
• Optional: Add Cooked Chicken or Cooked Italian Sausage Chunks; Add peas is amazing too. Endless ideas.

HOMEMADE RICE A RONI

Steps:

• In medium skillet saute' broken spaghetti pieces in butter, stirring constantly, until the spaghetti begins to brown.
• Add rice, stirring until the rice is well coated with the butter and the spaghetti browns a little more Carefully pour in broth.
• Simmer until liquid is absorbed.

RICE A RONI™ SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare rice mix as directed on package and chill.
• To the cooked rice, add the green onions, water chestnuts, celery, chicken, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well, chill and serve.

RICE A RONI W/ SAUSAGES

Steps:

• 1. put stick of butter in large pan or electric skillet and turn to medium heat
• 2. While butter is melting, chop onions and add to skillet
• 3. Drain green beans and add to onions and butter.
• 4. Slice sausages into rounds and layer on top of onions and green beans.
• 5. DO NOT STIR.. Get a good fry going in that pan..you want to brown the butter but not burn it. Also very important..you are looking to actually FRY the green beans..it changes the whole flavor of them.
• 6. When the vegies are about half way cooked through.. -Stir -place a lid on the pan -turn heat down to medium.
• 7. When the vegies are cooked through and the sausages are about half cooked through.. -remove the lid -turn the heat back up to medium high -move the food to the edges of the pan creating a well in the center -pour the rice from both boxes into the well in the center of the pan. Stir the rice in the center 2 or 3 times coating the rice grains with oil ..I would say to 'brown' them but they will actually turn white/opaque. Don't burn the rice.
• 8. Stir it all up together Add the seasoning packets from the rice boxes Cover with water to just above the rice.
• 9. Bring to a good boil and cook for 3-5 min. Stir
• 10. Turn the heat to low. Cover with a lid. Walk away...
• 11. When the rice absorbs the liquid it is ready.