Ham Rice Cheese Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Fill a pot with 3 qts of water and bring to a boil; add rice and stir well.
• Cook covered for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until rice is cooked but still firm to the bite.
• Drain and transfer to a mixing bowl. Toss the rice with a bit of butter to prevent grains from sticking together.
• While the rice is cooking, make a bechamel sauce. Heat the milk till you can see steam rising (do not boil). Melt the 4 T butter in a heavy saucepan over medium low heat.
• Add the flour and whisk till smooth. Add the hot milk a few tablespoons at a time at first, whisking till mixture is smooth before adding more milk.
• It will likely be very thick at first, but will become thinner as you whisk in more milk. As it thins, you can mix in more milk at a time.
• Cook, whisking constantly over medium low heat till sauce thickly coats the whisk. Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
• Pour the bechamel sauce over the rice, reserving a few spoonfuls for the top of the casserole. Add the ham and all but 2 T of the parmigiano-reggiano.
• Mix well and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Butter the bottom and sides of a 2 1/2 qt baking dish that is about 3 1/2 inches deep.
• Pour in half the rice mixture. Slice the mozzarella about 1/8 inch thick and layer the slices over the rice.
• Add the remaining rice mixture and smooth the surface with a spoon.
• Spread the remaining bechamel over the top and sprinkle with the remaining 2 T parmegiano-reggiano.
• Bake for 15 minutes. If after 15 minutes, the top is not speckled with brown, place the casserole under the broiler for 1-2 minutes, or till top begins to brown.
• Remove from the oven and allow to settle for about 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, mixing well.
• Place in large buttered casserole dish.
• Bake at 350F for 20 minutes. Stir and continue baking for another 40 minutes, or until rice is done.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cook onions in oil over a medium-low heat until soft.
• In a large bowl mix the milk, soup, seasonings and cheddar cheese together until combined. Gently stir in the cooked rice, ham, broccoli, corn and onions.
• Dump broccoli mixture into a large casserole dish.
• In a small bowl combine the melted margarine with the breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese using a fork until it becomes an even consistency.
• Spread breadcrumb mixture over the top of the casserole and bake uncovered for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package directions.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Pull or dice ham into small pieces.
• Place rice in a 13x9" baking dish and top with ham and stir to combine. Use as much or as little ham as you would like. I used almost 2 cups because I had a lot leftover from Christmas dinner.
• In a large bowl, mix broccoli cheddar soup, milk and sour cream. Start with 3/4 c milk and add more if you would like it a little runnier. I prefer my soup base a little thicker.
• Stir 1/2 c french fried onions, peas and 1/2 c cheddar cheese into the soup mixture.
• When combined, pour the soup mixture over the rice/ham mixture and stir well, but gently, to combine.
• Sprinkle 1/2 c cheddar cheese over the rice/soup mixture.
• Top this with 1/4 c (or more) french fried onions.
• In a plastic bag, crush croutons. It took about 1/4 bag of croutons to get 1/4 cup of crushed croutons (and I used the cheesy garlic flavor).
• Sprinkle crushed croutons over top of all.
• Bake, uncovered, for 20-30 minutes or until the edges start to get bubbly and it is heated through.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except butter and corn flakes.
• Spoon into a greased casserole dish (8x8 or 10x7).
• Combine butter and corn flakes and put over top of dish.
• Bake uncovered at 375 for 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Drain the pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup juice; set pineapple aside. In a large bowl, combine the mayonnaise, salt, mustard, pepper and reserved pineapple juice; mix well. Fold in the rice, ham, green pepper, 1 cup of Swiss cheese, onion and pineapple., Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until heated through and the cheese is melted.