White Rice Recipes

We have white rice every which way, from the basics—boiled, on the stovetop—to risottos with every ingredient you can dream up. Pilafs, salads, fried rice: it’s all so nice!

Baked burrito casserole with lettuce and tomatoes.

Easy Burrito Casserole

Rice Pudding with cinnamon sprinkled on top in a bowl

Zanzibar Pilau from Hawa Hassan with Julia Turshen in a bowl with a cinnamon stick.

Zanzibar Pilau (Rice Pilaf) from “In Bibi’s Kitchen”

Shrimp Fried Rice

Shrimp Fried Rice

A large mason jar of easy homemade horchata with a cinnamon stick inside is in front of a similar glass and a pitcher of homemade horchata. A small bowl of rice and cinnamon sticks are to the left.

Cilantro Lime Rice

Cilantro Lime Rice

Side view of three bell peppers stuffed with beef and rice.

Dad's Stuffed Bell Peppers

Instant Pot rice in a bowl with a spoon and the instant pot in the background

How to Cook Instant Pot Rice

Saffron Rice Pilaf

Parsi Pulao (Saffron Rice Pilaf)

A pan with arroz con pollo and a linen next to it.

Arroz Con Pollo

Chicken Fried Rice

Chicken Fried Rice

Red Beans & Rice recipe

Red Beans and Rice

Finished seafood paella from the grill in a skillet ready to serve

Hoppin John

Perfect white rice in a metal pan with a wooden spoon full of cooked white rice.

How to Cook Rice on the Stovetop

A bowl of black bean rice on a striped linen.

Easy Black Beans and Rice

How to Make Vegetable Fried Rice

Easy Vegetable Fried Rice

Chili Beans and Rice on plate

Chili Beans with Rice

fried rice with leftover salmon and leftover rice

Salmon Fried Rice

How to Make Rice Without a Recipe

Easy Boiled Long-Grain Rice

Mexican Green Rice

Arroz Verde (Mexican Green Rice)

Pressure Cooker Chicken and Rice Casserole in an Instant Pot

Instant Pot Chicken and Rice

Overhead view of vegetable fried rice with turmeric with a fried egg on top and a fork in the bowl. A second bowl is to the left.

Turmeric Fried Rice With Eggs and Kale

Vegan Rice Pudding Recipe finish the recipe with cinnamon

Creamy Chai-Spiced Vegan Rice Pudding

Sausage Mushroom Risotto

Italian Sausage and Mushroom Risotto

Salmon Poke Bowl with avocado

Salmon Avocado Poke Bowl

Balsamic Risotto with Tomatoes and Basil

Balsamic Risotto with Tomatoes and Basil

Ginger Pineapple Fried Rice

Ginger Pineapple Fried Rice

Turkey Mushroom Risotto

Turkey Mushroom Risotto

Plate of Shrimp Risotto

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