A tender rice casserole with meat or chicken forcemeat makes you look at boring groats, as if not for the next version of the garnish, but as a full-fledged dish that would be appropriate for any family meal and will not require a special expenditure of resources and forces.
A casserole with rice and meat is guaranteed to your liking, and to make sure of it, try some of the recipes offered in this article.
Recipe for rice casserole with minced meat
As a beef in this recipe, beef is used, but if desired, it can easily be replaced with pork or even mutton.
Ingredients:
- rice - ½ item;
- minced meat - 400 g;
- tomatoes in its own juice - 300 g;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- basil - 2-3 branches;
- Parmesan cheese - 100 g;
- bread breading - 1/3 of a century;
- zucchini - 2 pcs .;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil.
Preparation
On vegetable oil fry finely chopped onions. Add to ground grilling, a good pinch of salt and pepper and continue the roasting until the mincemeat changes its color. At the next stage, we send 300 grams of tomatoes without skins to the pan, we knead them with a fork until a puree state and stew the contents of the frying pan until the meat sauce thickens. Finished minced meat chopped sliced basil and pour to him ½ cup of raw, but washed rice. Cover the contents of the frying pan with a lid and remove from heat.
In a separate small dish, mix the breadcrumbs, grated "Parmesan" and a tablespoon of vegetable oil. The form for baking is greased with vegetable oil, we spread into it minced meat with rice, we put thin slices of zucchini on top and cover the dish with a mixture of cheese and breading. Cover the form with foil and bake for 10 minutes at 240 degrees (or at the maximum temperature of the oven), after which we remove the foil and continue cooking for another 10 minutes.
Before serving, the meat casserole with rice should cool down for 5-7 minutes, after which it can be served directly in the baking dish or cut into portions.
Rice casserole with chicken
A more dietary version of rice casserole suggests replacing meat with chicken or turkey fillet, however, not only the fillets fit for this recipe, be free in your choice and use both white and red poultry meat or even a combination of them.
Ingredients:
- rice - 2 items;
- broccoli - 3 items;
- green onions (chopped) - ¼ tbsp .;
- chicken fillet - 2 pieces;
- flour - 5 tbsp. spoons;
- milk - 2 items;
- sour cream - 1/3;
- cheese "Cheddar" - 200 g;
- vegetable oil;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation
Rice boil according to the instructions on the package. For 5-7 minutes before the readiness, we add to it the broccoli and green onion, disassembled into small inflorescences.
While the rice is brewed, in a thick-walled frying pan fry chopped chicken fillets until ready. In another pan, lightly fry the flour and pour it with warm milk, stirring constantly. Let the sauce boil for 2-3 minutes, after which we savor the sauce with sour cream and grated "Cheddar" (1/2 of the total), again mix everything thoroughly and season with salt and pepper.
Boiled rice, chicken fillet and sauce are mixed and put in a greased baking dish. Sprinkle the dish with the remains of grated cheese and put in the oven.
Rice casserole with chicken is cooked for 5-10 minutes or until cheese is browned. We cut the finished dish into portions and serve it separately or in combination with a light vegetable salad, decorating with greens. In addition to broccoli, a vegetable supplement from tomatoes, fried mushrooms or zucchini is perfect for a casserole.
And for dinner, you can prepare a vegetable casserole with minced meat or a potato casserole with minced meat .