Hawaiian Baked Rice
“Hawaiian” (pineapples and ham) baked rice with cheese … delicious & comforting
I hadn’t plan to make or post a baked rice recipe so soon after making sausage baked rice, but I had leftover pineapples and ham from making hawaiian pizza (recipe coming soon, stay tuned) and this seems like the perfect use of the leftover ingredients. Plus, baked rice is a family favourite which never fails to please. I consider baked rice in the “safe foods” category so I make it when I want to eat something good. Besides chicken & mushroom, broccoli-potato-sausage as well as sausage, this is another combination of ingredients that work well for baked rice. I’m not sure if this applies in other countries as well, but over here, it seems that as long as there are pineapples and ham in a dish, the eateries will name the dish as “hawaiian” in the menu. Cliché as it may be, pineapple & ham is a tried-and-tested and wonderful food pairing nevertheless.
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A whole tray of hawaiian baked rice … baked rice is wonderful party food
Ingredients
(Serves 4-6)- 1 1/2 cups uncooked rice
- Water to cook rice
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 1/2 cup pineapple chunks (canned or fresh)
- 2 to 3 slices of ham, cut to small squares
- 15g butter (or use olive oil for healthier version)
- generous tablespoons mushroom soup (I use Campbell’s, straight from the can – no need to mix with water or cook)
- Shredded Mozzarella Cheese (about 150g)
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese (about 150g)
- Salt & Pepper
- Parsley (garnishing)Directions
1. Wash and rinse uncooked rice until water runs clear.
2. In a heated wok or saucepan, melt the butter. Add the washed rice, salt and black pepper to taste. Stir well.
3. Wait for the rice mixture to cool, then transfer 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).
4. When the rice is cooked, stir in the pineapples and sliced ham, saving some as toppings. Portion out the rice into oven-safe baking dishes (you can also use disposable aluminium tray) until about half the depth of the dish.
5. Smear some mushroom soup sauce on top of the rice, and topped with a layer of shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese followed by the rest of the pineapples and ham.
6. Baked in a pre-heated oven at 200C (392F) for about 20-25 minutes, or until all the cheese has melted and is very slightly browned. Garnish with parsley if desired.
Ok ignore the cocktail umbrella … I know it is a “cheesy” prop :P
Other baked rice recipes:
- Chicken and Mushroom Baked Rice
- Sausage Baked Rice
- Broccoli, Potato and Sausage Baked Rice
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that’s one of the best ways to cook–with left over ingredients as it forces you to be creative! Great recipe and love the umbrella garnish.
Yes, here too. anything with pineapple and ham would be called ‘hawaiian.’ Your rice looks delicious! It looks like a perfect comfort food kind of meal.
I’m also a sucker for ham+pineapples…
and this rice goes well with steamed mussels….and can make Noobcook paella!
paella? I haven’t tried that b4 and it sounds interesting :D~
Looks so scrumptious! It reminds me to hawaian pizza… yummmmm….
I can smell the aroma of cheese…hmm…
One day, I’m goin’ to try these baked rice dish of yours. They all looked so good!
Hope you do try it out! Give me your feedback if you do ok :)
I found you off Tastespotting. Your blog is SOOO cute and I love your vivid photos. This dish sounds super hearty too :)
Thanks for your kind words. Glad to find your blog too, lots of delicious eats :-)
baked rice has always been me and boyfriend’s favourite. am going to plan to cook this tomorrow or the day after. maybe i could try adding pineapple into it for a twist.
Hope you like it! Adding pineapples add sweetness to a dish :)
You are liking the baked rice with cheese eh? ;) I have been seeing the variation of baked rice from you. :D
It’s a simple and satisfying one-dish meal. For the lazy cook in me. I also thought I’ve been cooking way too much baked rice lol ;)
This looks delicious with the sweet and savory flavors! Baked rice is such a comforting dish – I love it!
great idea! Seems like a perfect way to serve leftover rice too.
that’s right. In fact any other ingredients besides the rice that you have leftover, can go into the baked rice too
why do you need to wait for the rice to cool down before cooking?
Hi Carrie, I’m not sure about your rice cooker, but for mine, it cooks via temperature sensor. So if the rice is hot from the stir frying, and I put it into the rice cooker immediately, it thought that the rice is already cooked right after I put it in, or it cooked for only 5 minutes.
Oh wow, that looks wicked good. I love Hawaiian pizza, I can only imagine I’d love this!
I love this combination of ham and pineapple…this dish looks so delicious…never had this way. Nice pictures!
Haha, over here it’s the same: Pineapple+ham=Hawaiian :)
I missed you, and am so glad you stopped by.
I’ve never cooked a baked rice but I think Eli would love it. Would need to throw in some veg to make it a one dish meal. Peas? Spinach? What do you reckon?
By the way, I’ve some leftover cooked sticky (pulut) rice in the fridge. Any suggestions?
hey! :) I’ve added button mushrooms to mine before (stir fry for a few minutes before frying the rice) and it tastes good.
Ah, I’ve never prepared sticky rice before. sticky rice and red date pudding? thai sticky rice with jack fruits? hehe I can’t wait to see what you whip up ;)
the picture’s style is so you!
the food remids me of nasi goreng nanas (pineapple fried rice)
Hawaiian pizza is my fav.I am sure my family and i will love to try this dish.Looks yummy and simple to make!
How cute is that??? The “Hawaiian” combo of pineapples and ham always works. You are really into baked rice, eh? ;) Can’t blame you … you always make such delish-looking versions.
yes, really into baked rice! I think I should restrain myself for the next month (or at least post something else) ;)
wa … looks yummylicious!
I’m doing this for dinner on sunday… heeeee
Showed my bf this photo, and he’s so looking forward to it…!! How i wish mine will turn out as nice!! kudos to you!
btw. does this serve 4-6 BIG people, or really SMALL one?
Scare we can’t finish…
big or small? haha it’s so subjective :P But I think it should be greedy or not greedy lol
I would say it will serve 4 very greedy people, and 6 not-so-greedy people, lol
let me know how it goes k ;) Hope you like the recipe.
i am melting sooo delicious!!
wowww aloha oi! i lovee using pineapple when cooking so i must must must love this baked rice. brilliant idea, wiffy. very creative!
Umm Hello NoobCook!!!!!! I can’t believe how delicious and easy this recipe is. Is it ironic that my two favorites side items are rice and cheese. Now to combine the two is just way rad! Considering I cook rice everyday, this recipe is almost effortless. Thanks for sharing and will probably be making this tomorrow.
Cheers
hehe, u tried it already or going to try it? Let me know your feedback about the taste :halo: Thanks for your comment :)
Oh I am going to try this tomorrow, it’s 1212midnight right now or else I’d get started on this right away. Thats how serious I am about this dish. Lately I’ve been hitting the Wok heavy and just want to lay off of it for a few days and bake, so this works perfectly and I will let you know how it works it.
Thanks again. :D
hi, is there a sub. for the mushroom soup? i never buy the stuff, and i don’t want to waste a can just for a couple tablespoons…..but i’m seriously dying to make this rice. i can’t resist the pineapple-ham combo.
hi b, you can freeze the leftovers in ice cube trays, that’s what I always do. I even use the soup as a base for my mushroom pizza sometimes (instead of the usual tomato pizza sauce). Anyway, you can also substitute with mayonnaise or even cream. Hope you like the recipe! Let me know your feedback if any :)
Hi! Was just trying out this recipe, and some of your other recipes, and found that one of the steps is often to “stir-fry” uncooked rice in a saucepan first before cooking it in the rice cooker or making it into porridge (I tried your pumpkin porridge recipe too :)) Whats’ the purpose of this step? Can it be skipped? For example, for this baked rice recipe, can i just melt the butter in a microwave, mix toss it into rice cooker directly with washed, uncooked rice and mix it with salt and pepper?
Sorry if its a silly question. I am really a novice at cooking and i really appreciate your step by step instructions. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes. You have no idea how useful they have been for this mother of two young kids! :)
Hi anyhowcook, the purpose is to infuse the flavours into the rice. but yes, it can be skipped …. sometimes I do the short-cut way you described, everything in the rice cooker for convenience. It’s not a silly question at all, thanks for your kind words :)
GOSH! This recipe is good! I followed all the steps and stuffs and my baked rice turned out good! My family said it was good and it was only my first time doing it! Gotta love your website.
Just one suggestion. There is no need for 150g of Cheddar cheese. I believe u can cut down to around 80g cause the main taste of cheese comes from Mozzarella. Cheddar just act as a boost to the taste.
Thanks anyway for the recipe! =)
Stir the rice for how long ? :)
How much generous mushroom soup in metric, bowl or spoon. Thank you.
Hi
Thanks for the recipe I tried this just now and the top was great but the rice itself was quite tasteless.. wondered what went wrong.:( can advise? Thanks! Or is it meant to b like that?
the campbell soup and cheese is supposed to flavour the rice. Next time, can try seasoning the rice with salt, pepper, campbell soup first, before spreading on the baking tray and topping with cheese. You may prefer it this way as the campbell soup will be more evenly distributed.
Umm, what if I want to cook for 1 person servings? Do you have any idea what will the recipe be? o.o
Cook enough rice for one person, you can eyeball the pineapple and ham to be added to the rice, and as for the cheese and mushroom sauce – one layer each.
Hi wiffy,
Sorry i don’t really understand part 2 & 3 after reading a few times.
Can you explain to me ?
2. In a heated wok or saucepan, melt the butter. Add the washed rice, salt and black pepper to taste. Stir well. ( need to add in water?? Do you mean add the washed uncooked rice after draining out from the water, add in salt & pepper. How much salt & pepper do i need to put if for serving of 2 ppl? )
3. Wait for the rice mixture to cool, then transfer 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).
For part 3,
Wait for the rice mixture to cool (does it mean we need to boil part 2? )
If without adding olive oil or butter, will it be not as tasty ?
Thank you for ur help. =)
Hi there,
2. Do not need to add water, you are stir-frying uncooked, washed (and drained) rice for fragrance only. Just add a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper.
3. Certain rice cookers (the older types) operate via heat sensor – hence it will think that the rice is already cooked since they have been fried in the wok prior to this. that’s the reason for waiting for the rice mixture to cook.
Add a bit of butter, it will make the rice more aromatic.
Sorry for the confusion, will reword the recipe to make it clearer when I have time.
Hi, erm so do u need to cook the ham slices before mixing it into the rice or u just mix it in? Tyvm (:
hi, no need to cook the ham, just mix it into the hot rice :)
How long would this take ? the whole process ?
Can i use spaghetti sause instead of campbell’s mushroom soup?
Hi, so coincident I also have the leftover of hams and pineapple from my ingredients of hawaiian pizza. I want to make this too! :) Can I know what size of the baking dish I should use?