Chicken and Mushroom Baked Rice
Chicken & Mushroom Baked Rice
I just bought a new oven (Rowenta Pro 9080) a few weeks back and the first thing I cooked with it is my favourite baked rice. The photo you see above is the baked rice freshly out of the oven, taken on my kitchen countertop. As a kid, it was such a treat to eat baked rice at Swensen’s and now as an adult, it is an even greater treat to be able to cook this at home – baked rice anytime I want, with unlimited variations (check out the different baked rice recipes at bottom of page). I love the end result of my first attempt at chicken and mushroom baked rice – the taste of this recipe is quite close to Swensen’s baked rice which I simply adore since young, thanks to CookBake Legacy whom I referenced and adapted the recipe from. Bake this just before serving to enjoy the freshly melted cheese. If you are having a home party, bake this in disposable aluminium tray for fuss-free clean ups – this recipe can feed quite a few folks and so far, it has been a hit with my friends.
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Ingredients
(Serves 4-6)- 1 1/2 cups uncooked rice, rinsed and drained
- Water to cook rice
- 5 garlic cloves
- 200g (white or brown) button mushrooms, sliced
- 200g chicken fillet, cubed
- 15g butter
- a few tablespoons uncooked Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup
- Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese (I use mild red cheddar)
- Salt & Pepper
- Parsley (garnishing)
Chicken & Mushroom Baked Rice (before baked)
Directions
1. In a heated wok or saucepan, melt the butter. Add the sliced mushrooms and cut chicken pieces, stir-fry for a few minutes until the surface of the chicken pieces is white.
2. Add the washed uncooked rice, salt and black pepper to taste. Stir well. Transfer contents of wok/pan to a rice cooker. Add the garlic cloves. Add water to cook rice (I use slightly more than 1 1/2 cups of water – adjust the water amount according to your cooker).
3. When the rice is cooked, portion out the rice into individual oven-safe baking dishes (or use a 20cm x 20 cm square alumnium tray) until about half the height of the dish.
4. Spread some mushroom soup sauce on top of the rice, and topped with a layer of shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
5. Baked in a pre-heated oven at 200°C (392°F) for about 20-25 minutes, or until all the cheese melted and is very slightly browned. Garnish with parsley.
Baked in an alumnium square pan – great for home parties
More baked rice recipes:
- Sausage Baked Rice
- Hawaiian Baked Rice
- Broccoli, Potato and Sausage Baked Rice
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Welcome back I love the vessel, the dish looks mighty comforting.
Thank you for joining us in WW this month! It’s an amazing dish!
Photos, as always, are beautiful! :)
Very nice baking dish! All the melted cheese, makes me crave for baked rice now. :-)
Yummy! I like your fish baking dish, so cute!
I love your fish-shaped baking dishes! Chicken, mushrooms, and rice is a great combination.
That chicken and rice dish looks so delicious; even dh commented on it. NC, you are, undeniably, the queen of comfort food.
There is not much in the world that looks more appealing to me than a baked cheese topping!
What a delicious and comforting meal! I love your fish dish. I’m glad your back and with a new oven, yay!
Looks amazing…I could totally go for this! Totally!
-DTW
Welcome back. We all need a break from blogging.
What a nice comeback. Looks so comforting during the middle of winter.
Welcome back :)
I like how you put the Chicken & Mushroom Baked Rice in the fish-shaped baking dishes, really cute.
Oh thank you for this! I have been wanting to try to cook baked cheese rice at home for the longest time. Maybe the holidays would be a good time to start.
hellew wiffy!
Stumbled upon your site on foodbuzz and am loving everything, the food photos are amazing and the super clean site design has me drooling! You have nice recipes here that remind of me mum’s cooking for all those years ago, sigh, oh how I wish I was home sweet home sometimes!
happy holidays :D
LOVE the cut fishy pans
I never bake rice with cheese b4..it’s seem like an interesting combination..my daughter and hubby love cheese,might give a try..called MacRice Cheese!! lol! your baking dish shape look cute:)
Welcome back to the world of blogging! What a lovely fish-shaped baking pan! Awesome shots! Looking forward to see more baking recipes from you soon. ;)
Perfect for holiday season party!
How pretty!! This makes amazing lunches and dinners I think! And the fish dish is very adorable-great presentation!
Merry Christmas Noobcook!!! =)
I did something similar but I used shrimps and broccoli. I just love how you present your dish. It look so cute :)
This looks delicious! I love hearty, warm dishes like this – perfect for cold weather.
Hey nice dish! I loved the fact u used Cream of Musrhroom for your baked rice. I use Cream of Mushroom in my mashed potatoes and even toss it with penne pasta and tuna for a quick meal. That baked rice of yours does indeed look yummy!
Your food pictures always turn out to be so tempting and your presentation is nice.
I have got a lot to learn from you. Heh your fish vessel looks familiar, where did you get that from?
Yum, this sounds and looks so delicious!
I am digging the fish-shaped earthenware :)
Thank you everyone for the kind words, I’m very touched ^^
Woolly, I bought the fishy vessel at Daiso, only S$2!! =D
Thank you for your message Wiffy!
Happy Holidays and New Year also to YOU!
Lovely photos… and great recipe…
I made easy version this year… roasted legs only, marinated the day before… will post recipe soon as it came out really good.
Margot
This dish sounds great. With the winter chill hitting, I can’t wait to try this out. And I LOVE those little fish. Adorable.
This sounds really good! Just look at the golden brown crust!
Thanks Margot, your roasted chix looks great!
Thanks Jen & Kevin =)
This recipe looks simple and good!!thanks for posting this recipe!!! :D :up:
I love the fish bakeware. At first, I thought it was a fish and cheese rice dish — but chicken with mushrooms with rice and cheese sound mighty fine to me too!
Oh, by the way, I’m totally stealing this idea and bringing to the next potluck. =)
Looks delicious! And those fish shaped dishes are wonderful!!!
Thanks for the kind comments. glad you guys like the recipe :-)
I just tried out this recipe today and it turned out great eventhough I didn\’t know how much soup and cheese to put on top of the rice. (:
I do feel that it would have tasted better/more like the Swensen\’s one if I had used Cream of Chicken instead. I\’m gonna try that out next! (:
Thanks for the great recipe.
Glad to know you bought your oven. :-) And this dish looks great! Looking forward to more of your bake dishes. :D
Hi Wiffy,
i m going to bake rice today for dinner with Bits of Taste’s recipe and found yours too.
thanks both for the easy and fun to bake idea….jackie
Hi Wiffy,
Great recipe! I tried it and tt turned out great though my dish doesn’t look as appealing as yours :p
looking forward to try other dishes of yours!
Wow..this sure look great!!! Especially the way you present it…. I can’t wait to try this out for my dear son…. :p Thanks for sharing :p
Hi ,
Your recipe is great !!! I cant wait to taste it !! Thanks for sharing this recipe with us !! Hope to see more of your recipes :D
i cant find the fish bakeware :cry: but nevermind i still will try
dear… its a great recipies.. i love it… really!!! haha after i read this… i asked my bf to get an oven…
can i cook the rice in the big portion..keep in in fridge (if can, for how long) and whenever my bf want to have it he just top it with cheese and bake it himself…???
thank u for your advice…
Yeah! – I got the dish from Daiso IMM. Yep you can try out the recipe by baking in a casserole first. Hope you like it.
wawa - Yes you can cook the rice first, just that refrigerated rice tend to be quite dry and that is more suitable for fried rice than baked rice. I prefer to use fluffy rice for my baked rice but it’s up to u :)
dear YEAH!! i got the fish bake ware from daiso…happy happy happy…
i bought 3… :D
what you mean by fluffy rice???
and what you mean rice tend to be quite dry??
help me please…!!
thank u dear wiffy!! :XO:
What I meant is that overnight/refrigerated rice could be quite dry, more suitable for stir frying than baking.
Rice that has just been cooked is more suitable as it is more moist and fluffy.
hey, i want to use the same fish dish too! But can i cook this with my mini oven, used for toast and hotdog?
I am so glad to find this recipe as my hubby loves baked rice! I made my first attempt this evening and it was very well-received by hubby and mummy!
I will try your beef lasagna next.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi mint, I have never used a toaster before but I believed that it’s usually used for warming foods. You may not be able to use it for baking.
Hi PQ, thanks for your kind words. Hope u like the beef lasagna too =)
Your recipe is good and goes well with ham too.
Thanks Angeline =)
Hi Wiffy,
I searched, found your Baked Rice recipe and intend to try it out this weekend.
Just one question – which is better – to cook all ingredients and rice in the rice cooker together; or should I first cook rice in the rice cooker, scoop it out when done, then baked with all ingredients and meat in the oven? Thanks so much for your help and I am very excited to try this now.
Hi Susan, I personally prefer to fry them in a wok with the rice, then cook in the rice cooker first before baking so that all the flavours are infused. Unless u have stuff like hot dog which you can consider stirring in with the rice when it’s cooked. Hope you like the recipe when you try it =)
hi thr.. can i ask if can i change the rice into brown rice? if it is possible, how long to cook e brown rice?:D
Hi nat, sorry for my late reply. I’ve never cooked brown rice before, so I don’t know if it will be suitable. It may be a bit dry and rough. But no harm experimenting ;)
Hi hi. may i ask…when you fry the rice with the other ingredients, is the rice cooked or uncooked? and the garlics too, are they raw or cooked? :D
Hi Sue, the rice and the garlic are uncooked when you fry them in the pan :)
Was looking for baked rice recipe which brought me to your site. I say, love your beautiful pictures and easy recipes! I bookmarked your site~~ :XO:
Thanks for your kind words, Serene. Hope you like the recipes when you try them out :-)
Hi wiffy
thanks for the great recipe you have put up. Did a few tweaks to it; For healthier choice, I’ve used brown rice and turkey meat. And also replaced butter with olive oil. Work just fine :D
Thanks for your feedback! I like your healthier version with the olive oil, brown rice and turkey meat. Sounds delish :-)
Hi wiffy,
thanks for the great recipe.I replace the chicken fillet with chicken meat as i could not find chicken fillet in the supermarket.Is it alright if i don’t put cheddar cheese.Hope forward to see your reply :lol: :-)
Yeah it’s fine if you leave out the cheddar cheese. You can use other cheese such as Mozarella alone :)
Campbell soup use instant one or can? n which type wildmushroom soup or creamy mushroom soup? :o
Hi Jun, I used Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom, canned type.
I’m almost done with this :)
I also added some green beans. Dunno how it’s gonna be like yet, but it’d better be good hehe.
Thanks a lot :) This is my lunch at school tomorrow yay!
I love Swensen’s baked rice and there’s nothing similar here in London so have been looking for a recipe to try at home for ages – will definitely give this a go!
Wow nice and yummy looking photos! Will try out yr recipe tonight. Already bookmark yr site. Thanks
Hi Cyn, hope you like this recipe when you try it! Give me your feedback if any :)
i love swensens’ baked rice! i’ve just tried out your recipe and i used some pecorino cheese for pungency as well. the chicken cubes were a tad dry (i’ll add cornstarch in the future) and add more soup next time, but overall, your recipe made for some yummy baked rice! :D
pecorino cheese? sounds good! I’ll try it next time. Glad you like the recipe and thanks for sharing the tips :)
do we cook the chicken together with the rice in the rice cooker too?
Hi abcde, I pan fry the chicken pieces in a wok till they are white, then I transfer everything (chicken included) in the rice cooker to cook. Hope this helps.
Hi! Thanks for your recipe! My friends loved it! Except I was a bit lost at how much rice and how much water to cook the rice in the rice cooker. (I am REALLY a noobcook) But nevertheless, the campbell soup was a sure winner. :) Thanks for the great photos and instructions! :up:
Hi gail, I’m glad it was a success hehe … Thanks for your kind words :)
Hi judging by the pics and the rave reviews I can’t wait to try out your recipe. Just to check, your few tablespoons of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup is straight from the can or already diluted with water and cooked? Thanks!
I use it straight from the can, not necessary to dilute with water. Hope you like the baked rice when you try it out! :)
hi! i just tried your recipe today and it’s great!!! :) especially so since im away from singapore, and it feels good to have warm comfort food in winter :D thanks for sharing! :D
Hi Chieh, glad to hear you like it! Nothing feels more comforting than a warm plate of home cooked food, especially when you’re experiencing winter in another country. Thanks for your note! :-)
Is it healthy ? I’m doing a project and it requires a dish suitable for an obese person. I was wondering if this dish is suitable for use ?
cheese is not the most slimming foods around lol … why don’t you try steamed food or Chinese soups?
NICE Nice… making me hunry sio.. 8O
Love this~
Can i use this for my test =P Home Economic test~
Liffy
Sure Liffy, all the best for your Home Econs test :D
Can I just use cheddar cheese solely instead of two types of cheese? :)
hi hanushi, yes you can. You can also use solely Mozzarella or other cheese you like too :)
thanks a lot, wiffy. :)
are the green bits on the baked rice parsley? is it already in small bits when you buy it or you chopped the parsley into small green bits?
Yes they are dried chopped parsley (those that come in a bottle). You can use fresh one too :)
Just made this for dinner and it was yummylicious!
No more trips to Swensen’s for Chicken baked rice! hehehe..
thanks a lot, wiffi :)
Just wanna share with you that i used your recipe and it came out perfect!
Yummylicious ! It melts in your mouth :))
There is no Swenson’s restaurant in Tokyo so cooking this reminds me of Singapore!
Thanks Wiffy!
Hi hi… I just tried out this and it was yummy!! Thanks for sharing this recipe.. Btw, wat would u suggest I use if I wanted to make seafood baked rice?
How about salmon, mussels, prawns, squid? :)
Hi Wiffy,
I used this recipe, and it was my first successful attempt at baked rice, yay! Thanks a lot for sharing! I added sweetcorn niblets too, and they went nicely! Was also thinking raisins would also be a nice touch.
Just also wanted to point out that you didn’t account for the chicken and mushroom in the instructions (when/how to put it in the pan). But it was not a problem, it was quite easy to figure out ;)
Thanks for sharing again!
Hi Florence, thanks for your kind words and glad it went well! Corn and raisins sound like a good addition to the baked rice, thanks for the ideas.
For the chicken & mushrooms, the instructions stated step 2. Stir fry or saute them first, then add rice etc and stir fry again… before dishing them into a rice cooker to cook :)
hi wiffy. i’m a total noob when it comes to cooking, but swensens backed rice is one of my favourites, so im determined to learn how to do this! have a few questions though..
1) if i wanna cook for 2 people, i assume the portions will scale down by half, so its 0.75 cups of rice? i have never cooked rice before, how much does 1 cup of rice equate? and how much water do i need to cook 1 cup of rice?
2) swensens recipe uses fried chicken, so i guess i will add this in after the rice is cooked (before putting in oven)?
thanks for your help!
for two persons, you can cook either 0.75 or 1 cup (the cup which usually comes with the rice bin, 1 cup = 200ml water) of rice. water is roughly until the first “line” of your pinky finger. or you can ask your mum how much water she usually add.
yup, if you have cooked fried chicken, you can add this after rice is cooked and before putting in oven. Hope it turns out well :)
Hi there,
Thank you sooo much for the recipr, have just cooked it and it’s an amazing dish! Thanks;-)
Thank you!
Hey there, I just stumbled upon your blog and I’m loving it! However, I do have a quick question regarding this recipe – after the mushroom and chicken is sauted, do I take the wok off the heat before adding the raw rice? I’m afraid of the rice being hard if I don’t ^__^; Thank you!
I’m sorry for my late reply. You don’t have to take the wok off the heat. You can add the rice and stir fry it for a few seconds. Then transfer the contents of the wok to the rice cooker to cook it :)
Wow your food pictures look wonderful! and appetisting..stumbled upon your blog when i searched for pizza..saw your pita bread pizza recipes..didn’t know we can make pizza using pita bread..then came to the baked rice section…was practically drooling at the pictures..just wondering…can i make baked rice using toaster oven? i don’t have any full pledge oven at home..only toaster oven and microwave oven..and where did you get your fish shaped ceramic dish? so cute :)
thanks…am inspired by you to make some dishes…
Hi,
Since I dont have an oven at home and i only have a microwave oven with grilling function , is it possible to attain the same results . I love this dish so much !
Hey I just want to thank you for the great idea. I made a baked rice with smoked salmon, onions and broccoli with pasta sauce as a base. It was so easy and my entire family loved it. :)
Hi there, great flavours and combination you have there! glad everyone liked it and thanks for your note :)
Hi!
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I added 1/2 chopped yellow onion and the result was very fragrant. btw can I check if the campbell soup is straight from the can or have to be cooked first? I used it straight from the can and the rice turned out to be rather dry as compared to swensen’s. So I am wondering if we have to prepare the soup (as in add water and boil first)? Would appreciate if you could enlighten me on this.
Thanks! ^_^
Can i use oven toaster to bake rice?
Amazing dish. Simple and presented well. (: Appearance looks delicious!
Hi noobcook, I really want to try this recipe – do u think it will work with brown rice?
Nevermind, I just made it with brown rice and it was fabulous! Not as sinful…=P Thanks for the great recipe!
really sorry for my late reply… and glad to hear it works with brown rice, too :)
hi, thanks for sharing this easy recipe =)
for step 7, after heating in the oven for 5mins (instead of the 20mins that you wrote), the cheese already turn slightly brown. will this affect the flavor / taste of the baked rice as my baking time is only 5mins? my baked rice taste nice but maybe can be better at future attempts? =)
Hi Crystal, sorry I miss your comment. My cheese starting browning slightly after 15 minutes. If the oven rack (height) is adjustable, don’t position it too close to the heating coil (assuming it’s on top). also, you can adjust the temperature slightly lower as each oven is different. I feel that as long as it taste good to u, you don’t have to worry about the timing and adapt the recipe to your own use :)
Hi there.
Sorry if i could clarify if you just fry the rice grains with other ingredients before cooking the ricein a ricecooker? Then after that transfer all into ricecooker and fill up water to pinky finger and cook? :/
Hi Stephanie, that’s correct – fry the rice grains… then transfer the contents of the wok to the rice cooker. Use the amount of water u usually use to cook plain rice. Hope this helps :)
Okay. So after i fry chicken n mushroom first, then after awhile i just throw garlic salt n pepper in there? Then after how long then transfer to ricecooker? First time cooking >.<
After ricecooker cook the rice hor, the i scoop the rice to the plate then put cheese and campbell raw one hor? To the surface, then just throw it in the oven hor?
Sorry for asking so many questions! Haha.
“So after i fry chicken n mushroom first, then after awhile i just throw garlic salt n pepper in there?” Yes
“Then after how long then transfer to ricecooker?” If you are using the old type of rice cooker (keep warm/cook), let it cool about 20 mins. If it’s the modern type with lots of buttons, you can let it cool for 5 mins. Because if the rice mixture is too hot, the rice cooker *may* shorten the cooking time (depends on the model), making the rice undercooked.
“After ricecooker cook the rice hor, the i scoop the rice to the plate then put cheese and campbell raw one hor? ” Yes, cheese and campbell soup are raw.
“To the surface, then just throw it in the oven hor?” Yes! :D
Hi Wiffy,
Thanks for sharing the receipe. I have just bought the Oven – Rowenta model: OC3838 and the 1st dish that I wanted to try is {Bake Rice} that why I am seaching for the receipe. I shall try this for my family next week and advise what is the outcome.
Thanks,
Kathlyn Tay
I made this today. It’s delicious! I sprinkled in some golden raisin to add a little sweetness & tanginess to the dish.
Hello! Just to check, 1.5 cups of rice is rice cup while 1.5 cups of water is normal cooking cup? My rice was rather soft and mushy.. So not sure if I had used the wrong measurements..
Hi Lily! nope, both are rice cup measurements.
I see.. Thks! I will try it again another time. Btw, you are not a noob cook.. Love your recipes!
Looks good and nice, ingredient also suites my taste Will try to make it for tonite’s dinner….
will try and giv some comment…
I only got 50 mins to cook this ? do i have enough time ?
Hi Wiffy
Great recipe :) am digging into my own portion of baked rice right now! However, i feel the rice is a little dry. Shd the Cream of mushroom soup have been mixed into the rice? As I’m eating, I mix it and it’s less dry that way :)
Hi polkadots, yes, if you like the rice to be more moist or the sauce to be more evenly mixed, mix the mushroom soup with the rice instead of a layer on top. Thanks for your feedback, I will incorporate it in the recipe :)
Hi i’ve some doubts regarding the second step ” Add the washed rice, salt and black pepper to taste. Stir well.” You meant add the washed rice which means the uncooked rice? And “Wait for the rice mixture to cool” what you mean by waiting them to cool?
Sorry for these questions as it’s my first time preparing baked rice on my own.
Yes, I am referring to uncooked rice. I have re-worded the recipe instructions so that it is clearer. Hope this helps.
Thanks! That indeed helped alot but i would like to ask, since the water is added to cook the rice and at the same time the cooked chicken pieces are put together with it, won’t it turn damp and soggy or taste less nicer? Or is there any other ways?
So sorry for the trouble again!
Just couple of days ago I found out that it is possible to bake rice. I found some good recipes in the internet, and this is one of them. Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Thank you!
I followed your recipe and the baked rice was delicious! (Only the chicken is a little over cooked)
thank you! :)
hmmm…looks good..i should try that one later :)
Hi Wiffi,
If I cannot find the Campbell soup, can I replace it with other?
Yup, any brand will do.
EHMAHGAWD LOOKS SO TASTY AND IM HUNGRYYYYYYYY AHHHHH
Is it ok to cook the rice first then mix everything together?
yes, you can.
Hi! I just discovered your website and love it! I had a quick question- what kind of rice did you use? Can I use any kind of rice or is there a specific one that would work best with this recipe? Thank you!
Hi I use long grain rice (jasmine), but I’m pretty sure all types of rice will work well according to your preference.