The next time you’re after a mushroom recipe, look no further than this quick ‘n easy BAKED Mushroom Rice! It’s buttery, garlicky, with golden brown juicy mushrooms and the baked rice is beautifully fluffy.
The idea behind this recipe is that the gorgeous mushroom juice drips into the rice as it bakes – the best broth base ever!
Incredible, super easy mushroom recipe!
I think the two most common recipe questions I get are:
1. Can this be made with chicken breast? (Hands down, the most asked 😂)
2. Can this be made in the oven?
(Followed closely by the 3rd most asked question: Can this be made in a slow cooker? ;-))
So here’s the baked version of the popular Mushroom Rice recipe I shared a month or so ago. Here by popular demand – and it’s amazing!
You’ll love how the mushroom juices gets absorbed by the rice as it bakes!
How to make Baked Mushroom Rice
Here’s how easy it is to make this:
place the uncooked rice, broth and seasonings in a pan
top with garlic-butter coated mushrooms
bake! No stirring, no nothing!
And what comes out is extraordinary – golden brown roasted mushrooms on top of fluffy seasoned rice.
It did take a couple of goes to figure out things like the right amount of mushrooms. Too much mushrooms = too squished to go golden brown, too little = dried out rice. Quartered mushrooms work way better than sliced (cooks too quickly).
As the mushrooms cook, they do shrink considerably which reveals the surface area of the rice so you get gorgeous golden brown crunchy bits that get tossed through the rice. Also on the edges – cooks’ privilege, pick ’em all off for yourself! 😂
Stovetop vs Baked Mushroom Rice
As for which one I prefer – stove top or baked mushroom rice? I think there is a place for both versions in this world.
When time permits, I would probably still go for the stove top because I do think the rice gets a bit more flavour from the browning of mushrooms in the butter. And I just love how the rice gets stained dark brown.
But it does take more time to make. Constant stirring on the stove, an enormous pile of mushrooms cooked in 2 batches.
So from a practical perspective, I see myself making the Baked Mushroom Rice more frequently on a day to day basis. I am big on rice for a side dish.
Perfect, fluffy BAKED rice!
I know regular readers are probably sick of me saying this, so this is for the benefit of new readers / first timers who happen across this recipe – being of Japanese background, I was raised a rice snob. Mushy rice is a crime in my family.
I like my rice tender but not super soft which actually means it is overcooked. Fluffy rather than mushy.
That’s what this recipe yields. Fluffy rice.
It’s garlicky and buttery. The mushrooms are 80% browned (the part that remains in contact with the rice doesn’t brown) and I love that they are still juicy inside. The rice has absorbed all the broth AND the mushrooms juices. See how much the mushrooms shrank in the photos above? All that flavour ends up in the rice. 🙂
Mushroom Lovers – this one is for you! Go forth and enjoy! – Nagi x
WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
Baked Mushroom rice recipe video! I must confess I had to shoot this in two sessions so you may notice the mushrooms look a little different in some of the clips!!
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Baked Mushroom Rice
Ingredients
- 650g (1.3 lb) mushrooms , quartered (Note 1)
- 50g (3.5 tbsp) butter , melted (hot, not cooled)
- 2 – 3 garlic cloves , minced (I use 3 – nice and garlicky!)
- Salt and pepper
- 1.5 tbsp olive oil
Rice:
- 1 1/2 cups long grain rice , uncooked
- 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) chicken or vegetable broth , low sodium
- 1 1/4 cups (315 ml) water
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Finishes:
- 3 shallots / green onions / scallions , finely sliced
- 1 – 2 tbsp butter , optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
- Place mushrooms in a large bowl. Pour over hot melted butter, add garlic, salt and pepper. Toss well.
- Place all the Rice ingredients in a baking pan – 22 x 33 cm / 9 x 13″. Mine is 30 x 24 cm / 12 x 9.5″ – don’t need to be exact here, but don’t stray too much from pan size.
- Mix and shake the pan to spread the rice out evenly.
- Spread the mushrooms over the rice – they will be partially submerged but should pretty much cover the whole surface area (to be the “lid” while the rice cooks).
- Drizzle over olive oil.
- Bake for 35 – 40 minutes or until mushroom is golden. Remove from oven and rest for 5 minutes.
- Finishes: Add extra butter (if using) and scallions. Toss through rice. Serve!
Recipe Notes:
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LIFE OF DOZER
It’s hard to believe what is now a 40kg/80lb oaf was once so small he couldn’t get down stairs….. I still remember taking this shot. He was carrying on like a baby, whimpering because his stumpy legs were shorter than the stairs so he couldn’t make it down. So cruel that I had a giggle and snapped photos before swooping him up in my arms to rescue him!!! 😂
Thank you for sharing a baked version! I printed your recipe for the mushroom rice and slapped it on my fridge. Bought the ingredients and haven’t yet had the time to cook it! (My son has special needs and requires a lot of time and attention so I can rarely give a stove-top recipe the attention it deserves). I’m so excited to make this tonight! Thanks for creating this beautiful blog with such luscious looking recipes!
Hope you love it Kristina! N xx
Ah Nagi, you went and hit my soft spots. Mushroom of all type are eaten at this house and putting them in rice, how can you go wrong. And that picture of baby Dozer, puppy picture always makes me smile. Do you remember the puppy smell (the good one)?
Puppy Dozer never had BO. Big Dozer always has BO. That’s what I remember! 😂
This looks soo good and easy to make Nagi, thank you for sharing it; as I love rice and mushrooms as well. I too want to thank you for the videos you share they are soo encouraging to me. 🙂
You’re most welcome! It took so long to learn, but now I really enjoy making them! N xx
Love rice and mushrooms, this sound so good! I enjoy your recipes and like the videos, you DO have cute little hands! LOL!
But Dozer is a heart stealer for sure!
Thanks
My hands are the BAIN of this life I have chosen!! 😂
As I could eat mushroom rice almost every day the recipe for the oven version is naturally most, most welcome, altho’ fresh garlic and thyme would end up in the pan. I would say my choice would be stovetop on days I cook for myself and a pan in the oven when crowd is drinking me out of bubbly before lunch or dinner. Oh Dozer: weren’t you a pretty baby 🙂 !!!
CHEEKY baby more like it… 🙄
Hi Nagi –
Thanks for sharing so many of your recipes with us – I often substitute one for my already “planned” dinners!
Thanks, too, for including a note about Brown Rice in this recipe. It’s been nearly 10 years since I’ve purchased white rice so it’s nice to have a option offered in a recipe – much better than having to Guess about the results.
Loe hearing that Kathleen! N x ❤️
Well thats dinner for tonight sorted! I have ALL of that at home, and given I am going on holidays next week, I dont want to BUY anything, as I am trying to eat the fridge down. Your recipes rock…Mum still raves about your miso Salmon recipe that i made last year for christmas.
Aww I’m so glad you love the Miso Salmon!!! N xx
HI Nagi, I love your recipes and have made a lot of them. But I LOVE Dozer. So cute as a baby and still cute now. Glad you include him at the end. I do love the video part too so I can see how the receipes come together. Your love of cooking and of Dozer really come thru when writing about what you are cooking. Have to try this one too. Thanks.
Thanks so much for the lovely message Diana! So glad you’re enjoying my recipes! N xx
As usually Dozer WINS!! Gorges puppy photo. Beautiful memories. Love rice and mushrooms, Thank you.
100%!!!
Could oil be used instead of butter for non-dairy version?
YES YES YES!!!
Baby Dozer is absolutely precious!!! This rice dish sounds great for a quick meal. The stove top version is delicious.
He was cute but a terror. Wait until you see tonight’s post!! 😂
This looks so good. Love mushrooms!
But I have to say I am loving little puppy Dozer more at this time. What a cuddly, furry, puffball of a puppy. Love him!
He was SO DARN CUTE!!!!
In your comments for brown rice after covering with foil and cpoking you say to cover with rice…..think it should be mushrooms 🙂
BAAAAAAAA!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
Awwwwwww!!!! What a sweet furry face — not you Nagi, well yes, you’re sweet just not furry. This is a super recipe when you’re busy doing other stuff. But, like you, I do love browning my mushrooms first. They get such an intense flavor when they are sauteed. I can see why the recipe has been shared so much. I did the same. This is a recipe that belongs in everyone’s box. xoxo
BA HA HA! I did think for a moment you were referring to ME!!! 😂
That You so very much for this recipe, it looks sooo very good. I love recipes like this I’m so looking forward to making this one . And I do plan to share it with a few other People That I Know who will enjoy it.
I hope you love it Dana! N xx
Hi Nagi! You know how I feel about mushrooms; the more the merrier! This being baked is a nice option, especially if you are tending to other stovetop dishes or are at the grill. PS Reread your section on brown
rice 😉 Dozer was an adorable baby!
Top rice with rice….makes sense…..RIGHT?? 🙄
😳 Thanks for being my official proof reader! 😘
Neither hubby nor I eat rice but adore garlicy mushrooms. As with other rissotto recipes I’ve been substituting orzo pasta..any thoughts on liquid measures to ensure pasts cooks.
Hi Liz! Reduce the liquid by 1/2 cup, I think that will work great! N x
Puppy Dozer is adorable! I don’t blame you for snagging that pic before actually helping him down the stairs. Our Chester had back pain and was drugged up. He walked into a glass door and we burst out laughing instead of cuddling and giving him love. (We’re bad pet owners LOL)
Anyway, this baked mushroom rice sounds lovely! I might have to throw in some cooked chicken after to bribe the husband into eating it. LOL
Awww CHESTER!!! Dozer empathises!! 😂
If using parboiled brown rice (cooks in the same time on the stove as white rice), would I make this recipe as if it was white rice?
I’m not sure, sorry Mike, not sure about the liquid to rice ratios! N x
Liquid to rice ratio is the same for white rice and parboiled rice when I cook rice by itself.
Hi Mike! In which case it should most definitely work! 🙂 N x
Super; thanks.
Totally agree about baby Dozer!
How much weight of rice is 1 1/2 cups? I always cook my rice in the oven (saves messy boiling over on the stove top!) and for two of us I use a particular sized mug and add two mugs of boiling water. This looks likes a bit less than twice the volume of rice, is that to allow for the mushroom juices? We love your recipes, keep them coming!
Hi Jane! 1 1/2 cups rice is about 1 standard mug, as long as you use the same ratios it will still work! N xx