Mexican Rice Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• Place the 2 cups of water and long grain rice in a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, place a lid on, set timer for 20 minutes and cook rice until done.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a skillet, brown ground beef and drain. Place in a large mixing bowl.
• In large mixing bowl, add the jar of salsa to the ground beef. Also add chili powder, Mexicorn, rice and salt. Mix with a wooden spoon until combined well.
• Spray a 2 quart casserole dish. Put rice mixture into dish. Cover with a lid or foil and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
• At 30 minutes, take off lid/foil. Add shredded cheddar cheese evenly over top and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
• Remove from oven and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and start to brown, then add onion, garlic, and taco seasoning. Cook until beef is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard any excess oil. Add beans, tomatoes, spinach, chicken broth, 1 cup Mexican blend cheese, rice, and salsa. Pour into the prepared casserole dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until rice is cooked, 45 to 50 minutes. Take out of the oven, sprinkle with remaining cheese, and bake until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes more.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a medium bowl, combine cooked rice with cheese, chilies, and green onions.
• Mix together.
• In a small bowl, stir together sour cream, Recaito, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper.
• Add to rice mixture and stir thoroughly.
• Spray an oven-proof casserole dish with vegetable oil spray.
• Spread rice mixture in casserole bake uncovered for approximately 30–40 minutes until cheese melts.
• Top with additional cheese, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Heat the oil in a large dutch oven and add the garlic and onions. Cook, 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and add the rice. Stir constantly, making sure the rice doesn't burn. Cook over low heat, about 3 minutes.
• Next, add the whole tomatoes, diced tomatoes, cumin, salt, pepper, cayenne and turmeric. Stir to combine and let cook, about 2 minutes. Finally, add the chicken broth and stir the mixture together. Bring the mixture to a boil, and then reduce heat to low. Cover, and simmer until the rice is not quite done, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Top with the cheese, and then bake with the lid off until the cheese is melted and the rice fully cooked, about 15 minutes. Serve with chopped cilantro.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Brown meat in large nonstick skillet; drain. Return meat to skillet.
• Reserve 1 cup cheese for later use. Add remaining cheese and all remaining ingredients to meat; mix well.
• Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; cover.
• Bake 40 to 50 min. or until rice is tender. Top with reserved cheese; bake, uncovered, 5 min. or until melted.