Time: 1 hour & 15 minutes

Do you know what I like about this recipe? You can “get ready” while it bakes! It is a great dish to make, even for breakfast (just add some scrambled eggs and small pieces of ham). This is a recipe one of my sister-in-laws made for Christmas dinner and it was an absolute hit as a delicious, easy side dish. Enjoy!

Music Selection: Eva Cassidy -People Get Ready

Ingredients:

2 cups long grain rice

1 pkg cream of vegetable soup mix

1 tsp dried onion powder

¼ cup soy sauce

½ cup oil

3 ¼ cup boiling water

1 can (10 oz) sliced mushrooms, drained

3 chives or green onion, finely diced

**Optional: if you want this more like a fried rice, you can add ¼ cup of peas, corn and chopped slices of carrot. As a breakfast dish, you could add some scrambled up eggs and some diced ham.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 deg F.

In 2 quart casserole, grease it well and put in rice. Spread evenly.

In large measuring bowl, put soy sauce, oil, soup mix, onion powder. Mix. Add boiling water to reach 4 cups of liquid. Mix and pour over rice.

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Add mushrooms and green onion/chives to rice and mix well.

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Cover with foil and a lid. Bake for 1 hour. This is a great side dish to steak.

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Breakfast idea: Make this while getting ready or take leftovers and add some scrambled egg or diced ham and re-fry to have fried rice for breakfast!