I stole this recipe for Baked Mushroom Rice from recipetineats.com. This tasty vegetable and rice recipe is a great side dish to serve year round. Mushrooms are quartered and placed in a bowl. Then melted butter, minced garlic, salt and pepper are stirred in. Next in a casserole dish uncooked rice is mixed with broth, water, thyme and garlic powder. After everything is stirred together, the mushroom mixture is spread on top of the rice. Olive oil is drizzled on and the pan is baked until the mushrooms are golden and the rice is cooked.

“I like rice. Rice is great if you’re hungry and want 2000 of something.” – Mich Ehrenborg, Comedian (see more quotes in the Quotes tab)

For this recipe you will need: 1 ⅓ lb mushrooms, 3 ½ tbsp melted butter, 2 to 3 garlic cloves, 1 ½ tbsp olive oil, 1 ½ cups long grain rice, 1 ½ cups chicken or vegetable broth, 1 ¼ cups water, 1 tsp dried thyme and 1 tsp garlic powder.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Wash and quarter the mushrooms then place them in a large bowl. Pour over the hot butter; add minced garlic, salt and pepper. Toss well.

Next add the rice to a 9×13 baking dish sprayed with non-stick spray.

Then add the broth, water, thyme and garlic powder. Mix and shake the pan to spread out the rice evenly. At this time add the mushrooms over the rice.

Then make sure the all of the rice is covered with all of the mushrooms.

Drizzle over the olive oil. Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the mushrooms are golden.

Remove from oven and rest for 5 minutes. Top with chopped green onions before serving.

If you liked the recipe for Baked Mushroom Rice you can try other rice recipes like Slow Cooker Velveeta Broccoli Rice Casserole, Mexican Rice, Spanakorizo (Greek Spinach Rice) or Fried Rice.

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Baked Mushroom Rice

This tasty vegetable and rice recipe is a great side dish to serve year round. Mushrooms are quartered and placed in a bowl. Then melted butter, minced garlic, salt and pepper are stirred in. Next in a casserole dish uncooked rice is mixed with broth, water, thyme and garlic powder. After everything is stirred together, the mushroom mixture is spread on top of the rice. Olive oil is drizzled on and the pan is baked until the mushrooms are golden and the rice is cooked.

Course Side Dish

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

• 1 ⅓ lb mushrooms quartered
• 3 ½ tbsp butter melted
• 2 to 3 garlic cloves minced
• Salt and pepper
• 1 ½ tbsp olive oil

Rice

• 1 ½ cups long grain rice
• 1 ½ cups chicken or vegetable broth
• 1 ¼ cups water
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp garlic powder

Finishes

• 3 shallots / green onions / scallions finely sliced
• 1 to 2 tbsp butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Place mushrooms in a large bowl. Pour over the hot butter; add garlic, salt and pepper. Toss well.
3. Place all the rice ingredients in a 9 x 13 baking pan. Mix and shake the pan to spread out the rice evenly.
4. Spread the mushrooms over the rice. Rice should be covered with all of the mushrooms.
5. Drizzle over the olive oil.
6. Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the mushrooms are golden. Remove from oven and rest for 5 minutes.
7. Add extra butter if using and scallions. Toss through the rice. Serve warm.