Oven Cooked Rice Pilaf Recipes

CLASSIC RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter and olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until onion is lightly browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Combine rice and onion mixture in a 9x13-inch casserole dish placed on a baking sheet. Stir thoroughly to coat the rice.
• Combine chicken stock, salt, saffron, and cayenne pepper in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Pour chicken stock mixture over rice in the casserole dish and stir to combine. Spread mixture evenly along the bottom of the pan. Cover tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to rest, covered, for 10 minutes. Remove foil and fluff with a fork to separate the grains of rice.

RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Melt the butter in a 3-quart saucier over medium heat.
• Stir in the onion, bell pepper and 2 pinches of salt.
• Decrease the heat to low and sweat until the onion is translucent and aromatic but not browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Increase the heat to medium and add the rice. Cook, stirring frequently, until you smell nuts, another 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the saffron and its water, the broth, orange zest, bay leaves and the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Increase the heat and bring to a boil.
• OK, now the weird part: Thoroughly wet a clean towel, kill the heat, scatter the peas on top of the rice, then place the towel across the top of the saucier. Top with the lid, then fold the towel corners up over the lid.
• Transfer the saucier (towel and all) to the oven and bake 15 minutes.
• Remove and rest at room temperature for 15 more minutes without opening the lid.
• Fish out the orange zest and bay leaves. Turn the pilaf out onto a platter, fluff with a large fork and garnish with the raisins and pistachios. Serve family-style, right in the middle of the table.

BAKED MUSHROOM RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Place the first four ingredients in a 3-cup baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Just before serving, sprinkle with almonds.

BAKED RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In an ungreased 8-in. square baking dish, combine all the ingredients. Cover and bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring after 25 minutes.

OVEN-COOKED RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a 1 quart casserole combine boiling broth and butter; stir until butter is melted. Stir in rice, onions, celery & carrot. Bake, covered, in a 350 degree F. oven about 35 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed. Fluff with a fork before serving.

BAKED RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Melt the butter over medium heat on the stove top in a heavy oven proof saucepan or stove top casserole dish. Add the onions, carrots, red pepper and celery and saute for 2-3 minutes until the vegetables are softened. Add the rice, stir and saute for an additional 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile, boil some water in a kettle. In a measuring cup, add the chicken bouillon to 1 1/2 cups of boiling water. Slowly add the chicken stock to the rice and vegetables. Stir making sure there are no lumps in the rice. Cover with a close fitting lid and place it in the oven. Bake the rice pilaf in the preheated oven for exactly 17 minutes. While the rice is cooking, toast the almonds by putting them on a baking sheet in a preheated toaster oven at 350 degrees for 2 minutes. Watch them carefully as they burn quickly. Remove and once cool, coarsely chop them. (If you don't have a toaster oven, you can toast the almonds in the main oven while it is preheating.) Once the rice is cooked, remove it from the oven and stir in the toasted almonds. If the rice is not to be served immediately, keep it covered in a warm place.

BAKED VEGETABLE RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix chicken broth, rice, corn, peas, carrot, and onion together in a casserole dish; cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until rice is tender and broth has been absorbed, about 30 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and sprinkle pilaf with Cheddar cheese; cover with aluminum foil. Continue baking until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.

FLUFFY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bring stock to a simmer in a small saucepan.
• Melt butter in a 2-quart ovenproof saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, bay leaf, and salt and cook until onion is soft and translucent, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes.
• Add rice and stir well to coat each grain with butter mixture. Cook until rice is fragrant and starting to turn translucent, stirring frequently, about 3 minutes.
• Add stock and return to a simmer. Transfer to oven, cover, and bake for 16 minutes. Remove from oven. Cover and let steam for 10 minutes, then fluff with a fork before serving.