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14 Rice Recipes That Make The Perfect Side Dish

Plain white rice never saw these coming.

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Tex-Mex Cauli Rice
Jonathan Boulton

These work for Tex-Mex, Thai, and even breakfast!

1

Best-Ever Spanish Rice

spanish rice
Brad Holland

Seriously restaurant-worthy side.

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2

Hot Dog Fried Rice

hot dog fried rice vertical
Jon Boulton

Trust us, it's better than it sounds.

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3

Coconut Rice

coconut rice
Emily Hlavac Green

A side dish with big entrée energy.

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4

Cilantro Lime Rice

cilantro lime rice
JONATHAN BOULTON

Like Chipotle without the line!

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5

Risotto Rice

risotto rice
Parker Feierbach

There is nothing as creamy and decadent as risotto, except maybe this rice.

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6

Cheesy Tex-Mex Cauli Rice

cheesy fiesta rice
Jonathan Boulton

Instant weeknight fave.

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7

Vegetable Fried Rice

Veggie Fried Rice Vertical
Judy Kim

Go ahead, toss your takeout menus.

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8

Breakfast Fried Rice

breakfast fried rice
Jonathan Boulton

Rice for breakfast will become your new favorite way to start the day.

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9

Cauliflower Fried Rice

cauliflower fried rice beauty
Jonathan Boulton

Give us all of the veggies.

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10

Paradise Fried Rice

hawaiian-fried-rice-delish
Chelsea Lupkin

Forget heading to Hawaii — this is all you need.

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11

One Pot Mushroom Rice

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Risotto, Produce, Couscous, Recipe, Side dish, Brown rice,
Courtesy of Damn Delicious

If you love mushroom risotto, you'll go wild for this dish.

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12

Lemon Rice Pilaf

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Rice, Spiced rice, Thai fried rice, Pilaf, Lemon chicken, Produce,
Courtesy of Recipe Tin Eats

It's rice pilaf with a citrusy twist!

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13

Spicy Thai Rice

Dish, Cuisine, Food, Ingredient, Risotto, Jasmine rice, Rice, Produce, Recipe, Staple food,
Courtesy of Diethood

If you like things with a little extra heat, listen up.

Get the recipe from Diethood.

14

Parmesan Rice

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Spiced rice, Lime, Rice, Ingredient, Jasmine rice, Steamed rice, Couscous,
Courtesy of Spicy Southern Kitchen

It's creamy, it's cheesy, it's ... gone in 60 seconds.

Get the recipe from Spicy Southern Kitchen.

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