15 Rice Recipes to Make on Repeat

When it comes to side dish recipes…this one is a staple everyone needs. Try this easy Cilantro Lime Rice! Sure, you can make a pot of rice as a side. But add cilantro, lime juice and lime zest and it catapults it to an entirely different level. The ways to serve it are endless: use it in burrito bowls, tacos, or as a side for grilled shrimp skewers.

Next, a knock-out side dish rice recipe: Southwest rice salad! It combines long-grain basmati rice with black beans in a protein-packed side dish. The rice is seasoned with cumin, garlic, and cider vinegar, then mixed with colored bell peppers, green onions and rice. It's a great healthy lunch idea or dinner side dish.

Here’s a fun way to turn everyday rice into a classy side dish: Spinach Rice! Take plain old white rice and cook up a pot with spinach and garlic, then flavor it with a pop of lemon and sprinkle of feta cheese. It’s an elegant Mediterranean-style side dish that you can serve for guests or just use to spice up weeknights. And, it’s a great way to load up on spinach. The savory, fresh flavors are unreal!

Rice as a main dish recipe: dress it up as fried rice! There’s something about the chewy clumps of eggs and the savory ginger and soy-infused bites that feels positively life giving. After years of tinkering, we wanted to share our master method. Here’s how to make the very best fried rice!

Next up: let's talk basics. Here's a white rice recipe that comes perfect every time! Have you ever over-cooked rice and ended up with a glue-y mush? Under-cooked it to where it’s crunchy? Gotten it stuck to the bottom of the pan? Any way you can think of to botch rice, we’ve done it! Until, we met the perfect way to cook rice…and our lives changed forever. (Really!)

Also try: Jasmine Rice, Basmati Rice, Jade Rice

Ever wanted to cook brown rice, until you saw the 1 hour cook time? Who has 1 hour to cook rice on a weeknight? Here's the “fast way” to cook brown rice. It’s not instant, but it cuts down the time investment for sure. In just 35 minutes, you’ve got a big pot of nutritious brown rice that cooks perfectly every time!

Here's a delicious side dish for Mexican-style meals: Spanish rice! Contrary to its name, it’s actually not Spanish at all: it’s a Mexican-style red rice. This recipe is a quick and easy spin: it uses salsa to get big flavor quickly. It’s also got a special flavor secret that takes it from good to irresistible.

Here's another fantastic rice recipe: black beans and rice! Here long-grain rice is jumbled with black beans and green bell pepper, and seasoned with cumin, lime and cilantro. It’s the a great side to serve with tacos or any Latin-style meal, or as a lunch idea (it saves well for eating throughout the week). 

Here’s one to file under dinnertime basics: this Easy Rice Bowl! This 30 minute dinner features these easy black beans, a trick to make a bland can of beans taste amazing in 5 minutes. Pair it with rice and colorful veggies. The kicker? A zingy cilantro lime ranch that you’ll want to bathe in

One of the easiest concepts for rice there is? The bowl meal. So here’s the epitome of a healthy bowl meal: this Salmon & Rice Bowl! The tender, seasoned fish is offset with fluffy rice, crisp tender broccoli, and an easy, creamy flavor popping sauce. Try the Tahini Dressing or Miso Dressing, and prepare to be amazed. 

Bibimbap is a Korean rice recipe: a bowl of warm white rice topped seasoned vegetables, spicy gochujang, Korean chili pepper paste, and a fried egg. The best part: stirring the dish together before digging in melds together all the zingy pickled and fermented flavors from the vegetables with the creamy egg yolk. It's absolute magic.

Welcome to…your new favorite healthy rice recipe for dinner. This burrito is packed with flavor from Spanish rice, seasoned black beans, peppers and onions, and mashed avocado. It's a great way to turn this filling whole grain into a meal!

Another classic rice recipe made with short grain rice: risotto! Risotto is a traditional Italian dish where short grain arborio rice is cooked in broth. Adding the broth gradually makes the grains plump up and become creamy. Here's our mushroom risotto recipe, with tender sauteed mushrooms and savory Parmesan cheese.

Another traditional short grain rice recipe: paella! Paella is a traditional rice dish from Spain. It's easy to make at home and a great dish for entertaining or celebratory meals. This one features shrimp and artichokes, cooked on a bed of arborio rice that's seasoned with turmeric and smoked paprika. It's a showstopper! See also: Simple Vegetarian Paella.

Wild rice is actually not technically rice! It looks like rice, but it's not the same as white and brown rice. It's actually a seed from a water grass that grows in lakes and rivers. But since it's treated like rice in cooking, we've included it in our rice recipes, too! This wild rice soup is impossibly creamy, packed with flavor and full of tender veggies and hearty rice. White beans and cashews bring a creamy body and protein. Everyone asks for the recipe—it’s that good.