Homemade Beef Rice-A-Roni

Homemade Beef Rice-A-Roni – never use the boxed stuff again! This looked and tasted just like the real thing! I had to tell my husband that I made the rice from scratch – not a box. Rice, pasta, beef broth, beef bouillon, onion powder, Worcestershire, soy sauce, garlic powder, pepper and chopped carrots. Seriously delicious – tons of great beefy flavor! We make this all the time – SO much better than the box.

Homemade Beef Rice-A-Roni - never use the boxed stuff again! This looked and tasted just like the real thing! I had to tell my husband that I made the rice from scratch - not a box. Rice, pasta, beef broth, beef bouillon, onion powder, Worcestershire, soy sauce, garlic powder, pepper and chopped carrots. Seriously delicious! We make this all the time - SO much better than the box.

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One of our all-time favorite side dishes is Beef Rice-A-Roni. We’ve been eating it forever! It is so easy to make, and we just love it with steaks! I have a great recipe for Homemade Chicken Rice-A-Roni, and I decided that I needed to make a Homemade Beef Rice-A-Roni recipe.

This looked and tasted just like the real thing! I had to tell Chicken Legs that I made the rice from scratch – not a box. He was impressed!

I like to keep ziplock baggies of the rice and broken spaghetti mixture in the pantry. It makes this homemade version so easy for a weeknight side dish. I used some chopped canned carrots in the rice because the boxed version has little carrots in the rice. I only used about 3 tablespoons of the carrots. Use the remaining carrots as a side dish later or chop them up and freeze them to use in the rice later.

Homemade Beef Rice-A-Roni - never use the boxed stuff again! This looked and tasted just like the real thing! I had to tell my husband that I made the rice from scratch - not a box. Rice, pasta, beef broth, beef bouillon, onion powder, Worcestershire, soy sauce, garlic powder, pepper and chopped carrots. Seriously delicious! We make this all the time - SO much better than the box.

Homemade Beef Rice-A-Roni

Yield: 4 people
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Homemade Beef Rice-A-Roni – never use the boxed stuff again! This looked and tasted just like the real thing! I had to tell my husband that I made the rice from scratch – not a box. Rice, pasta, beef broth, beef bouillon, onion powder, Worcestershire, soy sauce, garlic powder, pepper and chopped carrots. Seriously delicious – tons of great beefy flavor! We make this all the time – SO much better than the box.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup regular long grain rice not instant
  • ½ cup broken thin spaghetti
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • cup beef broth
  • 2 tsp beef bouillon
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • tsp Worcestershire
  • tsp soy sauce
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 3 Tbsp diced canned carrots

Instructions:

  • In a large skillet, melt 2 Tbsp butter. Add broken pasta and rice. Cook until lightly brown.
  • Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover.
  • Cook 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until water is absorbed.

Steph

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Homemade Beef Rice-A-Roni - never use the boxed stuff again! This looked and tasted just like the real thing! I had to tell my husband that I made the rice from scratch - not a box. Rice, pasta, beef broth, beef bouillon, onion powder, Worcestershire, soy sauce, garlic powder, pepper and chopped carrots. Seriously delicious! We make this all the time - SO much better than the box.
Homemade Beef Rice-A-Roni - never use the boxed stuff again! This looked and tasted just like the real thing! I had to tell my husband that I made the rice from scratch - not a box. Rice, pasta, beef broth, beef bouillon, onion powder, Worcestershire, soy sauce, garlic powder, pepper and chopped carrots. Seriously delicious! We make this all the time - SO much better than the box.

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  1. Ugh!! I have loved every recipe from your blog until this one and I was so disappointed! One salty bomb of a mess! But then I re-read the recipe and realized that 4.5 tsp of Worcestershire is NOT the equivalent of 4.5 ounces!! Reader error! Cannot wait to retry correctly this time! But first I am making your marinated hot dogs tomorrow night! Love your blog!

    1. I hope you’ll try it again. It tastes better than the boxed stuff.
      You are going to love the hotdogs – they are the best!

  2. Haven’t had Rice-a-Roni for 40 years, so am not sure if this tastes similar. Nevertheless, this was a really good side dish with steak. Thank you!

  3. I really liked this. I don’t think it tasted exactly like Rice a Roni but I liked the difference. Maybe it depends on the brand of beef bouillon. I actually browned ground beef and then proceeded with the rice recipe in the same pan which is a meal I occasionally serve for dinner.
    Thanks for sharing! I’ll make it again.

  4. This was yummy. My kids went back for seconds. My husband asked me how many boxes I used when he sat down to eat and I told him none.

  5. I made this last week and we LOVED it! It was even tastier for leftovers the next afternoon! I have a question for you…do you think this would freeze well? Thanks!

  6. Hi! I hope you can help me! I chose to try a new recipe this week – it’s your recipe with ground beef, Rice a Roni, cheese, French’s fried onions, and cream of chicken soup. Well the grocery store is hit or miss with groceries at the moment, and didn’t have the rice a roni. Can I make this first, then substitute it into the recipe? Also, the only spaghetti I have is the fideo – precut noodles. Thank you! I love so many of your recipes!

  7. I only had instant rice. I was worried the noodles would not cook.I uesed 1 cup of rice to one cup of liquid. Then added extra beef broth as it cooked to make let it boil a little longer to cook the noodles. Turned out awesome!

  8. My son and I love your chicken rice-a-roni recipe – we haven't bought a boxed mix since finding your recipe. I'll definitely be trying this beef recipe very soon. Thank you!

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