French Onion Rice Bake is also known as stick of butter rice is made with long grain rice, French onion soup, butter, pepper, and beef consommé.
Rice is a favorite in our house, it can bulk out meals, work as a versatile side dish and can be the main course! If you like a perfect side dish recipe that’s multifunctional like this, try my Cilantro lime rice or my Chicken Fried Rice.
Why this rice dish works
This rice recipe takes 5 minutes to prep and uses simple pantry ingredients like this French Onion Pasta. It has a longer baking time, but the time that you have to do the work is super quick. This flavorful rice will quickly become a favorite for the whole family and it pairs nicely with just about any main dish on the dinner table, like French Onion Pork Chops, Meatloaf, Grilled Chicken, Cube Steak and more!
Ingredients needed
- Long grain rice: use whatever kind you like- jasmine rice, basmati rice, white rice, etc. Just don’t use instant rice
- French onion soup: Try and get low sodium if you can.
- Beef consommé: You can use beef broth in a pinch.
- Unsalted butter: a whole stick cut into thin slices
- Black pepper
- Fresh parsley: optional
- Step 1: Add uncooked rice to your baking dish.
- Step 2: Cover rice with French onion soup and pour in beef consommé.
- Step 3: Place slices of butter on top of rice.
- Step 4: Cover the casserole dish with aluminum foil and bake.
Recipe Tips
- To make this French Onion Chicken and Rice, add some cooked rotisserie chicken during the second baking time.
- Baking with the pats of butter on top of the rice will make the rice have crispy area, if you don’t want any crispy parts, bake the dish covered for 45 minutes and then remove the foil for the last 15 minutes.
- I don’t add salt to this (if necessary) the beef consommé and French onion soup can already have enough salt, adding more can turn this great side dish into something too salty to eat.
French Onion Rice Bake
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups long grain rice
- 1 (10.5 ounce) French onion soup
- 1 (10.5 ounce) beef consommé
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into thin slices
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- Fresh chopped parsley optional
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees
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Place your rice in an 8×8 baking dish
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Pour in the French onion soup and beef consommé and mix.
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Place the butter slices on top of the rice. Cover with aluminum foil.
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Bake for 30 minutes remove the foil and bake for another 30 minutes.
Notes
I don’t add salt to this rice dish but you can add some to taste after it’s cooked.
You can substitute beef broth or water for the beef consomme, just fill the French onion soup can with water or beef broth for the correct measurment and add it to the mixture.
