Homemade Rice-A-Roni Copycat Recipe
Do you know what this recipe it going to make?
How about now?
Isn’t it looking very familiar?
Did you read the title and now you’re just humoring me?
I don’t have anything against artificial colors or preservatives, and I definitely didn’t make this recipe because I wanted it to be healthier. I made it purely because I love Rice-A-Roni. If I eat Eggo waffles for dinner, I could eat Rice-A-Roni for breakfast… and dinner. Hmm. Eggo Waffles with a side of Rice-A-Roni. Eggo Waffle Sandwich stuffed with Rice-A-Roni *mmm**drool* Wonder what Shane would say if I served him that for dinner tonight haha.
So anyways, this recipe was just for my own curiosity.
Does it taste as good as the box? - Yeah.
Is it as easy as just ripping open the box? - Not even close, but I’m glad I did it anyways.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups white rice
- 1 cup vermicelli, broken into very small pieces. (if you can’t find vermicelli, use angel hair pasta)
- 6 Tbsp chicken bullion powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 cup parsley flakes
- 1/4 tsp thyme
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- When you are ready to cook it, you’ll also need 2 Tbsp butter and 2 1/4 cups of water.
Directions:
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl. Voila. There’s your rice mix.
- To cook: Melt 2 Tbsp of butter in a skillet. Add 1 cup of the rice mix and stir to brown it a little. Add 2 1/4 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce to low, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
Notes:
- To make more servings, simply add more rice and adjust your water & cooking times accordingly.
- I ended up not adding all of the parsley, but close to it. And I’m not a huge fan of thyme, so next time I’m going to try leaving it out.
Thanks for sharing-I’ve never seen homemade rice-a-roni. Yours looks great! Maybe your reason isn’t for health reasons, but I’m sure it must be cheaper to make it homemade. I need to copy this one down. Thanks!
Yeah it was a lot cheaper! The only stuff I had to buy was the rice and the vermicelli, which I think was about 50 cents worth LOL And it was about the equivalent of about 3 regular sized boxes.
Only a year later, but you can find the vermicelli already broken in small pieces in the mexican food aisle, it is only about .30 for a 7 oz bag at my walmart, makes for a quicker prep time
This is now my go-to-recipe and my whole family absolutely loved it. Thank you so much for posting this fantastic recipe. What I love about this is that I can control the amount of each ingredient and still have all the flavor of the boxed mix. For example, I have used low-sodium boullion and no one at my table could tell the difference. Thanks again! We love your recipe!
Glad you like it