Easy Rice Bake with Ham and Baby Lima Beans
This easy rice bake uses uncooked rice and only one dish! It's an all-in-one complete meal and is a very affordable dinner. It also can be a side dish for pot roast or some other saucy main course.
Servings 8 cups
Calories 198kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ tsp. kosher salt
- ½ tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 ½ cups long grain white rice
- 15 oz. frozen baby lima beans
- 8 oz. diced ham
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 390. Spray a 13 x 9 baking dish with nonstick cooking oil. Add the salt, pepper, bay leaf, red wine vinegar, and chicken broth and mix to combine.
- Add rice and spread out in an even layer. Then add the baby lima beans in an even layer. Finally top with ham in an even layer.
- Cover the dish with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
- Remove the dish from the oven, uncover, and mix to fluff rice.
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FAQs
- Can I use canned lima beans? I would not recommend it. Because we are cooking rice, the amount of liquid should not be adjusted,
- Can I use dried lima beans? For this method, no. Dried beans take much longer to cook and would absorb too much liquid.
- Can I use a different size baking dish? Kinda like baking a cake, changing to a different size pan will definitely change the result. I have not tested other pan sizes, so I cannot advise on the result you can expect.
- Can I use brown rice? Yes. For 1 ½ cups of brown rice, use 4 cups of chicken broth, cover, and bake for 1 hour at 400 degrees.
Nutrition
Calories: 198kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 0.5g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 388mg | Potassium: 285mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 0.04g | Vitamin A: 103IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg