Homemade Chicken Rice-A-Roni Recipe – you’ll never use the boxed stuff again! Rice, spaghetti, chicken bouillon, Italian seasoning, parsley, garlic powder. SO good and super easy to make. I like to mix up the ingredients and put into baggies for a quick side dish during the week.
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Pin This RecipeYou will never open another box of Rice-A-Roni after making this rice. This Homemade Chicken Rice-A-Roni is just as easy as the boxed stuff, but it tastes 100 times better! Chicken Legs keeps asking me to make this for dinner.
I know you might be saying that this is a lot of work for a side dish. It might be if you are measuring out everything each time you make it. I wanted to avoid reaching for the box, so I made several kits of this homemade Rice-A-Roni at one time. I measured out the rice and pasta and put it in a ziplock baggie. Next, I measured out the seasonings and put them in another ziplock baggie. Now, all I have to do is add butter and water. Just like the boxed stuff.
Homemade Chicken Rice-A-Roni
Ingredients:
- 2- oz vermicelli, broken into half inch pieces (about ½ cup)
- 1 cup long-grain rice, not instant
- 4 tsp chicken bouillon
- ½ tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- ⅛ tsp garlic powder
- 2¾ cup water
- 2 Tbsp butter
Instructions:
- In a large skillet, melt 2 Tbsp butter. Add broken pasta and rice. Cook until lightly brown.
- Add water and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover.
- Cook 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until water is absorbed.
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Has anyone tried with brown rice?
We tried it and it was delicious!!! We used gluten free pasta instead. Definitely making it again!!
I love this stuff but also walk by because of the sodium, but I also buy the No Sodium Herb-Ox. Tastes even better!! TYVM for this addition to my Recipe Box on the P
A real winner! We loved it.
Omg I can’t believe how much this taste exactly like rice a roni chicken and my kids are very picky and didn’t like any of my past efforts to make a copy. This is great ty
So, I'm always skeptical of copycat recipes that say they're just like the original… I stumbled upon this recipe on Pinterest. I LOVED Rice-A-Roni as a kid. I haven't had it for years because of the "crap" that's in it. So, Since I had the ingredients, I decided to give it a try. THIS IS SO GOOD!!!!! It really does taste JUST like the original!!! And it was just as easy to make!!!! Two thumbs way up on this one!!!!
I used some Fideo Pasta.. (cut spaghetti) and Rachel Rays Italian grinder Not shilling for her, but her Italian spice grinder is really good.
Thanks Steph for the recipe.. Rice-a-roni is a guilty pleasure from my childhood.
Thank you for sharing this, I just learned I have High Blood Pressure and just bought the low sodium version of the box product. This will be so much better for me.
THANK YOU for this recipe!! I love using this to make a chicken rice casserole and now I can make the rice mix homemade.
If the color seems off to you, add a bit of Turmeric to it for color. 🙂
This is so great, I wish I would have thought of it…Thanks so much, not only for this recipe but for all the others you have posted and we have enjoyed! That you!!
We LIVED on this when we were in college! Great incentive for me to resurrect/improve an old favourite, now that our kids are in college. thanks!
I'm worried about the sodium in the bouillon. can you skip the bouillon and just used chicken stock/broth instead of water?
I don't see why that wouldn't work.
Herb-ox has salt free bouillon.
We just had this for our supper and it was sooooo delicious! My mom use to make this for us back in the 60's when I guess it first came out and I always loved it. Now that I am a million years old and try to make most things from scratch for the obvious healthy standpoint, I was so happy to find your recipe. Thanks so much!!!
A great alternative to even vermicelli is orzo. Tiny ricw shaped pasta.
I was thinking orzo would work great! Guess what I am making tonight!!? I have an organic quick cook brown rice that I am going to use. It says the rice cooks in 15 to 20 minutes so I think this recipe should work out fine. I have orzo so that will be my pasta portion.
Are you kidding me? This is so logical and fantastic! Thank you for sharing
This is a great idea as with all the boxed pasta mixes you are paying a premium price for very simple and inexpensive ingredients. Hamburger helper is a pet peeve of mine. Basically macaroni and one already has to add the meat and cook it so what are you actually buying other than a few spices?