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Baking dish with baked rice being fluffed with a fork.

Perfect Baked Rice

Catherine
This foolproof method for making rice has never served me wrong! It requires only 4 ingredients and takes 30 minutes from start to finish. The baked rice comes out fluffy and perfectly cooked, without getting mushy!
5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dinner, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 292 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/4 cup long grain rice rinsed
  • 2 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth or water (if using water, add more salt)
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375F.
  • Boil the broth (or water) and pour it into your baking dish. Add the rice, butter and salt and stir to combine everything. Cover it with foil tightly to prevent steam from escaping and bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and let rest with foil on for 5 minutes. Remove the foil and fluff with a fork before serving.

Note: Metric ingredient measurements are provided as a courtesy using a third-party calculator and are rounded to the nearest unit. The recipes provided on this site have not been tested with metric measurements and their accuracy cannot be verified.

Nutrition

Calories: 292kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 4gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 839mgPotassium: 69mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 513IUCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg

The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.

Keyword baked rice, rice
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