Fast & Easy Rice Dishes- Simple Recipes for Teens

Welcome to my Cooking for Teens series.  The purpose of this series is to provide recipes and ideas for tweens and teens to cook main dish entrees for the family.  My parents worked shift work when I was growing up.  When I was a teenager, it was often my responsibility to cook supper before waking my mom, who was working the night shift.  It was one of the few chores I didn’t mind! 

These rice main dishes are prepared with packaged rice and sauce mixes.  The rice does not have to be cooked separately nor drained.  These recipes are slightly more advanced than my Rice Dishes Part I.  Most require prep work with the meats. 

If you have a tween or teen who has expressed interest in preparing family meal preparation, hopefully they will find these main dish ideas right up their alley.  Just add a salad or vegetable side dish to these rice and meat main dishes, and dinner’s on! 

Recipes in this hub:

Chicken Fried Rice with Diced Chicken

Red Beans and Rice with Polish Sausage

Taco Rice with Ground Beef

Teriyaki Rice with Beef Strips

Spanish Rice with Chorizo

Beef Flavored Rice with Beef Strips

The Asian Sides are fairly new to the Knorr-Lipton line.  We just recently tried this one at our house with some diced chicken.  Quite respectable! 

Ingredients

2 envelops of Knorr Chicken Fried Rice Asian Side

3 ½ cups water

2 Tablespoons canola or olive oil

2 eggs

12 oz Tyson Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast

Instructions

1- Cover a small pan with foil.  Spread diced chicken in the pan.  Cover with foil.  Heat at 325º for 10 to 15 minutes. 

2- Use a medium saucepan with lid.  Pour water and oil into pan.  Bring to a boil. 

3- Add contents of packages.  Stir into water.  Reduce heat and cover.  Simmer 6 to 8 minutes, until rice is tender.  Let stand 2 minutes when done. 

4- While rice and sauce is simmering, scramble 2 eggs in a skillet with 1 Tablespoon oil. 

5- Stir egg and chicken into rice. 

Ingredients

2 pkgs Knorr Red Beans and Rice

Water per package directions (usually 1 ½ to 2 cups per package)

2 Tablespoons butter or oil, per package directions

12 ounces precooked Polish Sausage, such as from Schwan’s

Instructions

1- Use a medium saucepan with lid.  Pour water and butter or oil into pan.  Bring to a boil. 

2- Add contents of packages.  Stir into water.  Reduce heat and cover.  Simmer 6 to 8 minutes, until rice is tender.  Let stand 2 minutes when done. 

3- While rice and sauce is simmering, prepare sausage.  Cut sausage into rounds, about ¾” thick.  Brown on both sides in a skillet. 

4- When rice is tender, and has rested 2 minutes, add sausage to rice. 

Ingredients

2 pkgs Knorr Taco Rice

4 cups water

2 Tablespoons oil

1 pound ground beef

Instructions

1- Start ground beef cooking in a skillet on medium high.  Then get your rice started. 

2- Use a medium saucepan with lid.  Pour water and oil into pan.  Bring to a boil. 

3- Add contents of packages.  Stir into water.  Reduce heat and cover.  Simmer 6 to 8 minutes, until rice is tender.  Let stand 2 minutes when done. 

4- When hamburger is done, drain. 

5- When rice is tender, and has rested 2 minutes, add browned ground beef to rice.  Stir to combine. 

Ingredients

2 pkgs Knorr Teriyaki Rice

Water per package directions (usually 1 ½ to 2 cups per package)

2 Tablespoons butter or oil, per package directions

12 ounces precooked beef strips, such as Tyson’s Fully Cooked Steak Strips

Instructions

1- Cover a small pan with foil.  Spread beef strips in the pan in a single layer.  Cover with foil.  Heat at 325º for 10 to 15 minutes. 

2- Use a medium saucepan with lid.  Pour water and oil into pan.  Bring to a boil. 

3- Add contents of packages.  Stir into water.  Reduce heat and cover.  Simmer 6 to 8 minutes, until rice is tender.  Let stand 2 minutes when done. 

4- Scoop rice onto a serving platter.  Arrange beef strips on top. 

Ingredients

2 pkgs Knorr Spanish Rice

4 cups water

Omit oil because sausage will have fat

12 ounces chorizo, or preferred sausage

Instructions

1- Cut casing from chorizo sausage and break it up with a spatula or spoon.  Cook similar to how you would cook hamburger.  Cook on medium so sausage will get done without burning.  Drain when done, and return to skillet. 

2- While sausage is cooking, start your rice.  Use a medium saucepan with lid.  Pour water into pan.  Bring to a boil. 

3- Add contents of packages.  Stir into water.  Reduce heat and cover.  Simmer 6 to 8 minutes, until rice is tender.  Let stand 2 minutes when done. 

4- When rice is tender, and has rested 2 minutes, pour into skillet with sausage.  Stir to combine. 

Ingredients

2 envelops of Knorr Beef Rice

Water per package directions (usually 1 ½ to 2 cups per package)

2 Tablespoons butter or oil, per package directions

12 ounces precooked beef strips, such as Tyson’s Fully Cooked Steak Strips

Instructions

1- Cover a small pan with foil.  Spread beef strips in the pan in a single layer.  Cover with foil.  Heat at 325º for 10 to 15 minutes. 

2- Use a medium saucepan with lid.  Pour water and oil into pan.  Bring to a boil. 

3- Add contents of packages.  Stir into water.  Reduce heat and cover.  Simmer 6 to 8 minutes, until rice is tender.  Let stand 2 minutes when done. 

4- Scoop rice onto a serving platter.  Arrange beef strips on top. 

Cooking for Teens- Easy & Quick Recipes for Soups & Chowders for Teens to Prepare

Cooking for Teens- Easy & Quick Recipes for Pasta Dishes for Teens to Prepare

Cooking for Teens- Easy & Quick Recipes for Rice Dishes (Part I) for Teens to Prepare

Cooking for Teens- More Easy & Quick Recipes for Rice Dishes (Part II) for Teens to Prepare

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