Tuesday 8 November 2011

Cheese Baked Rice

*my first attempt and we love it *clap clap* hubby praises me somemore *blush*

Looks can be deceiving ~ haha


Recipe thanks to Noobcook

=Ingredients=
2 cups uncooked rice
water to cook rice
5 garlic cloves
200g button mushrooms, sliced - I reduce this and add in some crab meat
200g chicken fillets - I prefer sliced ham, beef or pepperoni
15g butter
few tbs uncooked cream soup - I use a packet of instant Chicken soup
shredded mozarella cheese and cheddar cheese
salt and pepper


Method
  1. Wash and rinse rice until water runs clear.
  2. In a heated wok/ saucepan, melt the butter. Add in sliced mushrooms and chicken pieces (for me, I add in sliced mushrooms, crabmeat and sliced beef), saute for a few minutes.
  3. Add in washed rice, salt and pepper to taste. Stir well.
  4. Wait for the rice mixture to cool, then transfer to a rice cooker. Add the garlic cloves. Add water to cook rice (use the usual measurement you use to cook rice).
  5. When the rice is cooked, portion out the rice into individual oven-safe baking dishes (make sure you only put the rice until half the height of the dish)
  6. Smear some mushroom soup (me chicken soup) sauce on top of the rice and topped with a layer of mozarella and cheddar cheese.
  7. Bake in a preheated oven at 200C 20-25 minutes (me fan oven 180C 15 minutes) until the cheese has melted and slightly browned. 

*my own modified shortcut method* 

1. Scoop some cooked rice into a oven-baked cookware. 
2. Cut slices of salami and crabmeat (or whatever you like) and mix them into the rice. 
3. In another bowl, pour a sachet of chicken soup and pour some hot water into it and stir. Smear it onto the rice.
4. Spread a generous amount of shredded mozarella cheese on the top of the rice.
5. Pop it in the preheated oven.