When you want to cook a hearty but light dish, a great option is to make a casserole. There are a lot of recipes for such food, both in Slavic culture and in European cuisines. The famous puddings and lasagna are also a type of casserole. The most popular among housewives of our country is rice casserole with minced meat. We present to your attention three of the best recipes.

Classic version

The casserole with rice and minced meat captivates with its delicate taste and pleasant aroma. This recipe with photos is quite common in cookbooks.

Minimum required products:

• rice groats (preferably round) 400 g
• a pinch of salt and ground pepper
• minced meat (veal or poultry) 400 g
• 1 medium onion
• 1 large carrot
• 1 egg
• half a tablespoon of mayonnaise
• water (2 tbsp.)
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 200 g hard cheese

Preparation:

Pour water (1:2) into the rice, add salt and cook until done. While the rice porridge is cooking, you need to peel the onions and carrots, chop them and fry a little in sunflower or olive oil. Fry the meat separately. Salt and pepper it. 2-3 minutes before readiness, mix vegetables with minced meat.

Be sure to grease the casserole dish with oil. The first layer is half of rice porridge (no more than 2 cm thick). The rice is covered with minced meat and vegetables. The third layer is the remaining porridge. Beat the egg, water and mayonnaise thoroughly with a whisk. And spread this sauce evenly over the surface of the casserole. Sprinkle the top of the dish with grated hard cheese and place in a hot oven (180°C) for 15 minutes.

Such a simple recipe can be useful not only for family dinners, but also for holiday feasts.

Option with minced meat and cabbage

Another original recipe for rice casserole with minced meat and cabbage. Cabbage makes the dish more dietary and lighter. And the taste is reminiscent of cabbage rolls. The casserole is prepared with raw minced meat, so it remains juicy even the next day.

Products for cooking:

• rice groats 300 g
• half a kilo of fresh cabbage
• vegetable oil 1 tbsp. l.
• 3 small sweet peppers
• tomato paste 1 tbsp. l.
• 200 g hard cheese (grated)
• 300 g minced poultry
• 1 tbsp. l. butter
• a pinch of salt and spices

Preparation:

You should cook a viscous porridge from rice, salt it and divide it into two unequal parts. Shredded cabbage should be lightly salted, add a little vegetable oil and simmer, covered, for 7-10 minutes. Then add chopped pepper and tomato to the cabbage and leave on low heat for up to 10 minutes. The cabbage needs to be stirred periodically.

Grease the casserole dish with butter (creamy will taste better) and lay out most of the porridge. Place half of the grated cheese and raw minced meat on top, seasoned with salt and ground pepper. The third layer will be cabbage, and the rest of the rice will go to the very top. All this is sprinkled with the remaining cheese and cooked in a hot oven (180°C) for 40 minutes.

The recipe can be slightly changed or supplemented. For example, add mushrooms to the minced meat. The finished casserole can be decorated with fresh or dried herbs.

Casserole with tomatoes

Even beginners will be able to do this recipe. All ingredients are available, and preparation does not require special skills. Rice casserole with minced meat and tomatoes is an ideal dish for a Sunday family lunch.

Products:

• round rice groats 125 g
• tomatoes 0.5 cans
• minced beef, pork or chicken half a kilo
• hard cheese 200 g
• garlic 2-3 cloves
• sifted flour 3 tbsp. l.
• a pinch of salt, pepper, seasonings

How to cook:

Wash the rice, add salt to taste, and cook a thick porridge. Heat the tomatoes (and their juice) in a frying pan. Mix flour with two tablespoons of water and add to tomatoes. Boil the resulting gravy until thick and season with spices. Fry the minced meat a little, add salt and pepper to taste, and season with spices. Pass the garlic through a garlic press.

The casserole dish must be greased with oil. Place half of all the meat on the very bottom and add garlic. Spread half the rice porridge on top of the minced meat layer and brush it with sauce (you will need about a third of the total volume). The next layer is the remaining meat, it also needs to be greased with gravy. Next - rice again, the rest of the sauce and grated cheese.

This casserole is prepared quite quickly - just 20 minutes in the oven. First at a temperature of 200°C, then another 5 minutes at 150°C. And you can invite us to the table. This treat goes well with sauerkraut. Supplement the recipe with your favorite seasonings and spices.

Stories from our readers

While the rice was cooking, we had to prepare all the other necessary ingredients for the casserole. To do this, peel two medium-sized onions, cut them into several parts and place them in a blender bowl...

This is where we beat the eggs...

Add greens (you can use any greens, I used parsley and dill)...

Now grind all this thoroughly until smooth...

The resulting mass is sent to the previously defrosted minced meat. It is better to use minced chicken, it is with it that the casserole turns out so tender...

Mix everything and add salt, ground black pepper and chicken seasoning...

Mix everything well again and set aside for now...

Now let's get to the rice. We transfer it into some kind of cup and add soy sauce to the rice...

and starch...

Mix well and place in a baking dish, greased with vegetable oil in advance...

Spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on top of the rice and spread the minced meat...

Distribute the minced meat evenly over the surface of the rice and make a grid of mayonnaise on top...

Place in a preheated oven to bake for 30-40 minutes at 180*C. While the casserole is cooking, grate the cheese on a fine grater...

When the minced meat has set well on top, take out the casserole and place small pieces of butter on top of the casserole, right between the mayonnaise mesh...

Perhaps every housewife prepares them. However, the most popular dish is rice casserole with minced meat and vegetables. It is perfect as a second course because it is quite nutritious and tasty. In addition, this casserole allows you to significantly diversify the menu.

For cooking, you can use minced pork and chicken, as well as various vegetables: tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, onions, etc. Let's look at a few simple recipes.

Casserole "Nakhodka"

The recipe for rice casserole with Nakhodka minced meat is very simple. Any housewife can master it. In addition, to prepare it you need accessible products for everyone. To prepare 8 servings, you will need the following ingredients:

• 100 grams of sour cream.
• A few carrots.
• 200 grams of cabbage.
• A glass of rice.
• 500 grams of minced pork.
• Several onions.
• 3 tablespoons tomato sauce or paste.
• Salt and pepper.
• Half a teaspoon of turmeric.
• 30 grams of vegetable oil.

How to cook

To make rice casserole with minced meat delicious, you need to follow some rules. First of all, you should prepare the cereal. Rice must be thoroughly washed and poured into a cauldron. A glass of cereal should be filled with three glasses of water, preferably cold.

You should also put half a teaspoon of turmeric in the cauldron, the same amount of salt and mix everything thoroughly. The container with the cereal must be placed on the fire and be sure to bring to a boil. After this, you need to cover the cauldron and cook the cereal for another 20 minutes. While the rice is cooking, you can prepare the vegetables.

Carrots should be peeled, washed thoroughly, and then chopped on a coarse grater. White cabbage should be finely chopped. The onion should also be peeled and cut into half rings.

Now you need to put a frying pan on the fire and pour a little vegetable oil into it. Place carrots and onions in the heated fat. It is better to fry the vegetables over medium heat, stirring regularly, for 5 minutes. At this stage, you can add salt and pepper.

It's time for the minced meat. It needs to be salted and mixed thoroughly. Sour cream must be combined with three tablespoons of water.

How to form a dish

The mold in which the rice casserole with minced meat will be prepared should be greased with vegetable oil inside. Now you can start shaping the dish itself. Carefully place a layer of porridge on the bottom of the mold, then cabbage. It should be salted, but not too much. It is worth considering that salt was also added to the remaining components.

To make the dish juicy, the cabbage should be poured with tomato paste or sauce. After this, you need to lay out a layer of minced meat, then fried vegetables.

The dish must be topped with diluted sour cream. Rice casserole is prepared in the oven at a temperature of 180°C. Baking takes from 50 minutes to an hour. The readiness of the dish is determined by the minced meat. If it is baked, then you can remove the mold.

Ready-made rice porridge casserole is usually served already cut into portions and topped with sour cream.

Casserole "Quick"

To prepare this dish, you need the following ingredients:

• 340 grams of rice.
• 3 chicken eggs.
• 500 grams of minced meat.
• Onion.
• 350 grams of sour cream.
• Salt and spices.
• 60 grams of butter.

How to cook

First of all, you need to boil the rice. As a result, it should turn out crumbly. In the finished porridge you need to add dill, salt and a piece of butter. Rice should be cooled.

In the meantime, you can prepare the vegetables. After all, a rice porridge casserole should be not only satisfying, but also tasty. And as you know, the combination of rice, minced meat and vegetables has simply amazing taste. So, the onion should be peeled, washed thoroughly and cut into thin half rings. Place the frying pan on the fire and put a little butter in it. When it has completely melted, add the onion and fry it. As a result, it should become golden in color.

After this, put the minced meat into the prepared onion and fry it as well. You don't need to blanch everything for long, otherwise the filling will be too dry. At this stage, you can add some spices to the minced meat. This will make the casserole even more flavorful.

Place all the eggs into the cooled porridge and mix thoroughly. The baking dish should be greased with oil, preferably vegetable oil. After this, you need to put half of the porridge on the bottom of the dish. Next you should put a layer of minced meat. Place all the remaining rice on top of the filling. At the end, the dish must be sprinkled with grated cheese.

Rice casserole with minced meat is cooked in the oven. In this case, a temperature of 200°C must be maintained. The dish pan should be covered with foil. This will allow you to prepare a juicy casserole. It takes about half an hour to prepare this dish. After the specified time, remove the foil from the pan and put it in the oven for another 10 minutes. Otherwise, the cheese will not be baked.

That's all, an appetizing and tasty dish for the whole family is ready! Now it can be cut into pieces, placed on plates and served.

Casserole is an excellent dish that can be made from a huge number of different products. Moreover, it can be prepared both as a dessert and as a complete meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In ancient times, it was made mainly from cereals, and later they began to use cottage cheese, potatoes, and pasta as ingredients. Rice casserole also appeared on our tables. With minced meat and cooked in the oven, it is almost an analogue of oriental pilaf. Well, if you add other ingredients, for example cabbage and carrots, you can get something like lazy cabbage rolls. Naturally, the list of additional components is not limited to this. They can be combined and complemented almost as much as your imagination allows. Moreover, you can make this dish without meat at all.

However, today we want to tell you how to prepare rice casserole with minced meat. In the oven it turns out very nourishing and tasty. In addition, this dish is very beneficial for the hostess. You don’t need to stand near it, constantly adding and stirring something. Put it in the oven and go on with your business. And in forty minutes you will receive a hearty dish that can feed all family members. Because rice casserole with minced meat, cooked in the oven, is great for both adults and children.

The easiest way

According to this recipe, rice casserole with minced meat in the oven is prepared very quickly. And the set of ingredients in this case is minimal. So, you will need to stock up on a glass of rice, a small one, about two hundred grams, a piece of boiled meat (almost any will do), as well as a small piece of cheese and a tablespoon of butter. Rice should be washed well and boiled, then drain the water. No rinsing required. The meat needs to be minced in a meat grinder, a little salt and pepper. And then take a mold, put half of the resulting porridge on its bottom, then distribute the meat over its entire surface, and cover it with rice on top again. Sprinkle the dish with grated cheese, and then pour melted butter over it. After this, you can put it in a preheated oven. This rice casserole with minced meat is prepared in the oven in just over half an hour. The optimal temperature is 170 degrees.

Let's complicate the recipe

Rice casserole with minced meat, cooked in the oven, will naturally be much tastier if other ingredients are added to the meat. Of course, this will take a little longer. Because you will need to prepare additional quantities of products. Nevertheless, sometimes you can still sacrifice an additional twenty to thirty minutes in order to end up with a really tasty dish and the gratitude of your family and friends. However, it may take you less time to prepare. Because there is not much that needs to be done. Namely: boil rice in already salted water (two glasses); twist the meat (boiled, 200 g, you can do this in advance, in the evening); grate two large carrots and fry along with one randomly chopped onion. And then mix all the available ingredients together, add seasonings if necessary, add salt, put in a mold and bake in the oven for 40 minutes. This rice casserole with minced meat is prepared in the oven at a temperature of one hundred and eighty degrees.

Casserole with minced meat, vegetables and cheese

One large carrot needs to be grated and mixed with chopped onion. Fry all this in a frying pan, adding two raw eggs and 50 g of suluguni cut into pieces to the vegetable mixture. If desired, you can also add parsley. However, it is recommended to add greens only if all members of your family have a positive attitude towards them, as they will give the dish a somewhat unique taste. At the same time, in a second frying pan, fry a kilogram of minced meat, salt and pepper it to taste. After this, the minced meat and carrot-onion frying need to be combined and mixed. Well, of course, you need to boil the rice. You will need one and a half glasses for this dish. Then put the rice in the pan, put a mixture of minced meat and vegetables on top of it, cover it with sliced ​​tomatoes and bell peppers. Cover everything with one hundred grams of grated Parmesan. This rice casserole with minced meat and vegetables is prepared in the oven for about 45 minutes. The temperature is the same - 180 degrees.

Rice casserole with frozen mixed vegetables

Let two cups of rice cook, and while it is cooking, at the same time cut a leek stalk into thin rings and one large tomato into cubes. Then put half a kilogram of minced meat in a frying pan and fry it in vegetable oil for about ten minutes. Then add vegetables to it. Fry for another five minutes. Then pour the frozen vegetables into the pan. The “Mexican” mixture is ideal for this dish, but you can use any other if desired. We simmer everything under the lid for literally five to seven minutes, then keep it on the fire for another five minutes, but without the lid. Take a mold and put half of the rice in it. Then - minced meat with vegetables. After - again rice. And pour in a mixture of half a glass of cream and two eggs, previously flavored with your favorite herbs and whipped with a mixer. We cook the same amount and at the same temperature as in previous cases.

Rice casserole with minced chicken

You can quickly cook a huge number of dishes in the oven. Among them is rice casserole with minced chicken. How to do it - read on.

Let one and a half cups of rice boil in salted water. You can take any variety, but not steamed. While it is cooking, chop two fairly large onions, add two raw eggs and - optional - a bunch of chopped herbs. Then process it all in a blender. Then add the resulting mass to the minced meat. You will need half a kilogram of it. Mix everything. Then add a little salt and any favorite seasoning. Pour three tablespoons of soy sauce into the finished rice and add the same amount of starch. Mix very carefully. Take a baking dish, place rice in it, grease it with a thin layer of mayonnaise, and then spread the minced meat over the surface. Coat it with mayonnaise and place the dish in the oven for half an hour. The temperature is the same - 180 degrees. After thirty minutes, take out the pan, spread pieces of butter randomly over the surface of the casserole, and then generously cover everything with hard cheese. Keep the dish in the oven for another ten minutes.

Conclusion

We told you how to prepare rice casserole with minced meat in the oven. The recipes we have given are, of course, far from the only ones. There are many more options for preparing this dish. In addition, you can use your own imagination. And come up with your own way, which may be even much better than the above options.

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Rice casserole with meat layer

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups rice;
• 3 glasses of water;
• 200 grams ;
• 400 grams of minced meat;
• 3 eggs;
• 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 teaspoon turmeric;
• 1 tablespoon seasoning for minced meat;
• vegetable oil;
• salt.

After reading the ingredients included in the casserole recipe, your friends will probably immediately have a question. What spices are present in the minced meat seasoning? In case you don’t find something similar in the store, I’ll let you know. It contains a huge number of different ingredients. I will list just a few of them: parika, nutmeg, garlic, coriander, marjoram, thyme and so on.

Now about the minced meat itself. Remember I boasted that? So, she faithfully worked for 1.5 years at the forefront of the culinary field and fell in the fight against meat products. There's nothing you can do, you'll have to get a new unit. Already I had my eye on the option, more reliable. In the meantime, I bought ready-made minced meat for rice casserole. Although I don’t trust these catering preparations, there’s nothing to be done; occasionally I allow myself to deviate from my principles. So, here I go.

How to cook a casserole in the oven

1. I wash and boil the rice. When the water boils, add a spoonful of turmeric and salt. I reduce the heat and simmer it over low heat until fully cooked. The better it boils, the better to get an excellent result.



2. I chop vegetables. It will be correct if they begin to resemble carrot cubes and onion squares.



3. I fry onions and carrots in vegetable oil.



4. Pour the above-mentioned seasoning into the minced meat and mix.



5. Fry the vegetables with minced meat until cooked.



6. Add mayonnaise to the cooled rice. As an alternative, you can use sour cream. But there will always be an alternative to it.

Many may criticize mayonnaise, but without it the process is no longer the same.



7. I beat the eggs here and mix the ingredients.



8. Then, after greasing the mold with oil, I lay out a layer of rice mixture, on which I place the minced meat and vegetables.



9. I grate the cheese. I sprinkle it on a layer of minced meat.



10. Next I add the rice mixture again.



11. At the end of assembling the culinary product, I sprinkle cheese on top.