Oven Baked Rice with Shrimps
Hello new favorite recipe!!! simple Oven baked rice. Am I excited or what? I honestly feel like I just cracked next level code in this cooking game.
Sometime last week I was completely tired after work. Looked in the fridge and there was absolutely nothing to eat. So I threw together a few things with rice and whala! even my husband said “this tastes like a party in my mouth”
This recipe is a game changer! it’s so versatile too. Try it this exact way or throw together whatever you have on hand. One rule to live by EQUAL PART RICE TO EQUAL PART LIQUID. You don’t need more water than rice. So however much rice you use, use same part water.
More tips :
- You can wash the rice if you want but make sure it’s thoroughly drained
- Create a seal with foil. you need trapped steam to completely cook the rice
- Do not check on the rice while it’s in the oven. opening the pan or stirring will cause it to lose steam and not cook evenly
- Any type of oven proof pan including baking pan and disposable foil can be used for this recipe
Simple Oven Baked Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups rice (basmati or parboiled rice )
- 2 cups water
- 1/3 cup blended pepper mix (optional)
- Teaspoon each (curry, thyme, paprika)
- Salt – to taste
- 3 tablespoons oil (coconut)
- Handful chopped peppers
- 1/2 small onion (chopped)
Direction
- Preheat oven to 425F
- In an oven safe pan, combine all ingredients.
- Seal with foil and cover tightly. Bake for 35 mins.
Fluff and serve
i tried it!! and it worked!
Pls what is the name of the Basmati rice used? Thanks
Great technique very easy. The recipe didnt work for me exactly as is though. I used Asli rice and was making for guests so used double the quantity…cooking time ended up being 1hr45mins (I didn’t open at all during the cooking, except when the first 40mins was over), and I had to add more water twice, and following tasting during cooking the flavour was pretty bland, so ended up adding a total of 5 knor cubes by the end of it. When all done, it went down a storm! So great technique and recipe, just had to make a few tweaks. Will be making again!
If I may ask this makes hoe many servings please
8-10
i would like to try this recipe today but i do not have coconut oil is there something else i can use instead?
nice recipe loved it keep the good work up
thanks
Mine burnt a bit, its still edible though. what do you think might be the reason?
Please can I use bulgur wheat for this? My family has fallen in love with bulgur jollof. Ordinarily they cannot tolorate brown rice and i love the extra fibre that bulgur contain. I am able to get par-boiled bulgur here.
Hi does the stew base contain tomatoes? The picture of the baked ingredients shows just peppers and onion.
Yes it contains tomatoes.
been silently following you blog till now.. can you share details for the stir fry goodness shrimps you have on there as well? Looks heavenly
Okay so I followed the recipe/method exactly and I set in the oven for 35mins…took it out of the oven after 35mins but rice is not done o! 😂😂😂 I have doubled the foil cos I figured maybe there wasn’t enough steam and added a little more water and returned it to the oven. I set the timer for 15mins so let’s hope I don’t end up with soggy rice sha. Will keep you posted.
Same thing happened to me, did adding more water fix it?
Yeah it did. Added a little bit more water and out it back in the oven. It was so good, my husband has asked me to make it again today! In using basmati rice this time though .
That’s really strange. equal part water to equal part rice will ensure all the rice is covered in water. The only thing that i can think of is that the rice wasn’t property sealed so heat was able to escape. make sure you use foil and also cover the pan, you need to trap steam in order to properly cook the rice.
Thank you!
Yeah you’re right. Added more water and covered the rice then the pot for the steam to stay in. I have learnt now.
Hi Ronke,
What if I was using brown rice? is the water to rice ratio still the same? thanks
If I want to double the portion, should I double the cooking time? I have read elsewhere that I shouldn’t, but I’m afraid the rice will be undercooked
Hello – NO you dont have to double the cooktime. The rice will cook properly.
Really looking forward to making this…..looks like it’s going to make a great Sunday brunch. Which casserole dish brand is that in the video?
Purchased it from my local grocery store
Hmmmm. Will be trying this later. One thing, ronke no maggi?
You can definitely add maggi if you want