Bean and Rice Bake
Long-grain rice, carrots, diced and tomatoes, chopped come together in this vegan — 70 minutes, 7 steps, and the kind of result worth repeating. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and pan. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, every ingredient resolved to a plant source.
What you'll need
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Diet: vegan — no meat, fish, dairy, egg or honey, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: none of the major allergens we track from the ingredients listed.
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 190 C / 375 F and lightly oil a deep baking dish or ovenproof casserole.
- Rinse the rice under cold water until the water runs clear and drain well, then heat the olive oil in a large ovenproof pan over medium heat, add the onions and carrots, and cook for 6 to 8 minutes until they begin to soften.
- Stir in the garlic and curry powder and cook for about 1 minute until fragrant, then add the chopped tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes until they break down.
- Add the rinsed rice, drained chickpeas or black beans, peas, salt, and pepper, stirring to coat everything in the spiced base.
- Pour in the vegetable broth and bring the mixture to a simmer, then transfer it to the prepared baking dish if you are not using an ovenproof pan.
- Cover tightly with a lid or foil and bake for 30 to 35 minutes until the rice is tender and has absorbed the liquid.
- Remove from the oven, let it stand covered for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork, taste for seasoning, and serve hot.
You'll use: Oven · Pan · Saucepan · Baking dish
Tips & common questions
How long does Bean and Rice Bake take to make?
About 70 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 12 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Bean and Rice Bake vegan?
Every ingredient listed on this page resolved to a plant or mineral source in our ingredient ontology — no meat, fish, shellfish, dairy, egg or honey. Labels can still differ by brand, so check packaged items.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Bean and Rice Bake is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Rice and beans.jpg by Mohammad Ali Huzam, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.