Mushroom Onion Rice

Rating: 4.13 stars
39 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 18
  • 4 star values: 14
  • 3 star values: 3
  • 2 star values: 2
  • 1 star values: 2

Easy, flavorful rice side dish using canned mushrooms and French onion soup. I grew up eating this once a week.

By Jeff
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Ingredients

4
Original recipe yields 4 servings
The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

Directions

  • Melt margarine in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in rice and cook just until lightly browned. Mix in soup, mushrooms and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 25 minutes.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:
275.6 calories; 6.1 g protein; 47 g carbohydrates; 2.9 mg cholesterol; 825.8 mg sodium. Full Nutrition

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RedRobynNAU
Rating: 4 stars
01/02/2008
My boyfriend absolutely LOVED this. I thought it was pretty good as well. I was stranded at home with a broken down car so I really had to improvise with this one. I don't usually have canned French onion soup on hand so my intent was to use a Lipton soup packet. Turns out I was out of that too so I had to make my own (2T 2tsp dried minced onion; 1tsp onion powder; 4 beef bouillon cubes; 1/4tsp celery salt). I tried this recipe with brown rice (cooking for 50 minutes instead of 25) and only used 2 cups of water due to other reviewers suggestions. This will definitely be made again in this household only next time I'll try the full amount of liquid as my rice came out a little crunchy (that's the brown rice talking though). Read More
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pam
Rating: 2 stars
09/16/2010
I found the amount of liquid called for to be way too much. One can of soup and 2/3 cup of water should be sufficient. I will try it again with less liquid. Read More
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(24)
39 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 18
  • 4 star values: 14
  • 3 star values: 3
  • 2 star values: 2
  • 1 star values: 2
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pam
Rating: 2 stars
09/16/2010
I found the amount of liquid called for to be way too much. One can of soup and 2/3 cup of water should be sufficient. I will try it again with less liquid. Read More
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RedRobynNAU
Rating: 4 stars
01/01/2008
My boyfriend absolutely LOVED this. I thought it was pretty good as well. I was stranded at home with a broken down car so I really had to improvise with this one. I don't usually have canned French onion soup on hand so my intent was to use a Lipton soup packet. Turns out I was out of that too so I had to make my own (2T 2tsp dried minced onion; 1tsp onion powder; 4 beef bouillon cubes; 1/4tsp celery salt). I tried this recipe with brown rice (cooking for 50 minutes instead of 25) and only used 2 cups of water due to other reviewers suggestions. This will definitely be made again in this household only next time I'll try the full amount of liquid as my rice came out a little crunchy (that's the brown rice talking though). Read More
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Michael Beck
Rating: 5 stars
01/15/2006
Brwoning the rice in margerine or butter before you cook it is very important--it gives the rice a sticky texture and a yummy flavor. You could use a little less water. With the 2 cups called for I had to let it cook for at least 10 minutes longer than the recipe called for. Next time I will use a little more rice or a little less water. It was a super easy and simple but very tasty rice side dish. Read More
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Elizabeth
Rating: 3 stars
06/29/2007
This was fine but I can think of more sophisticated side dishes to make. Since onion soup concentrate has beef extract (and I am vegetarian) I simply used 10.75 oz. boiling water (the amount in a can) and added vegetarian onion soup mix to it to create my own concentrate. Pepper makes it more tasty! Read More
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Elisa Sue
Rating: 5 stars
07/26/2007
Very Good Read More
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yogi
Rating: 5 stars
04/07/2006
best flavored rice i have ever had. delicious!! beats any out of the box rice hands down. Read More
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sandy weltman
Rating: 5 stars
09/18/2009
I love this rice and have been looking for a recipe like this for a long time. Based on other reviews and what I had on hand I made the following changes: I used Uncle Bens converted rice browned it in about 3-4 tblsp of butter along with a small chopped onion used the full 2 cups of water with 4 beef boullion cubes then combined with chopped portabello mushrooms (amount to your liking) and put in a 9x13 casserole and baked uncovered in the oven at 350 for 45 minutes stirring the mixture twice while baking. Has a wonderful texture and flavor. Served this with marinated chicken kabobs from this website. Fabulous! Read More
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Daniel
Rating: 5 stars
04/19/2008
This is a good rice recipe and is very easy and simple to make. It's an excellent rice dish for a bbq. May I make two suggestions for this recipe: 1. cut by half the amount of water and 2. add finely chopped green onion. I will definitely make this recipe for another bbq down the road. Read More
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Carol Hudson Walker
Rating: 3 stars
07/08/2008
This was very bland and very beige. It lacked any quality that would make me want to make it again. Read More
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