• Skip to main content
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Percolate Kitchen

Percolate Kitchen

meal prep that works.

  • Recipes
  • Extras
    • Blog
  • Shop
  • Prep Sesh
  • My Plans & Recipes
4 November, 2021 by Ruthy Kirwan

Fiesta Rice Casserole

Jump to Recipe Add to Prep Sesh Print Recipe
Baked rice and beans filled with black beans, corn, salsa, and made creamy with chicken broth. Topped with melty, yummy cheddar cheese!
Baked rice and beans filled with black beans, corn, salsa, and made creamy with chicken broth. Topped with melty, yummy cheddar cheese!
Baked rice and beans filled with black beans, corn, salsa, and made creamy with chicken broth. Topped with melty, yummy cheddar cheese!
Baked rice and beans filled with black beans, corn, salsa, and made creamy with chicken broth. Topped with melty, yummy cheddar cheese!
Baked rice and beans filled with black beans, corn, salsa, and made creamy with chicken broth. Topped with melty, yummy cheddar cheese!

This is simple cheesy rice-and-beans casserole is the perfect accompaniment to your next Taco Tuesday or Mexican meal night!

It calls for pre-cooked rice, so I’ll usually make one of those box-rice deals the night before, while I’m making another dish. There’s no shame in my game- in this house we’ve got a special fondness for boxed rice dishes, and hey: I am to please when it comes to family dinner!

It’s also a dish that calls for frozen corn kernels, canned black beans, and jarred salsa. If you think about it, it’s a fabulous pantry meal that you can throw together pretty easily, with the right shelf-stable ingredients on hand.

Plus, the whole thing is topped with melty, delicious shredded cheese. It pulls away in yummy tendrils when you scoop out a serving; not much better than that!


You might also like: Loaded Sheet Pan Cauliflower Nachos


Baked rice and beans filled with black beans, corn, salsa, and made creamy with chicken broth. Topped with melty, yummy cheddar cheese!

Fiesta Rice Cheesy Casserole

Ruthy Kirwan
No ratings yet
Print Recipe Pin Recipe Add to Your Prep Sesh Go to Prep Sesh
What’s a Prep Sesh?Click HERE for details!
Prep Time 40 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Course Side Dish

Equipment

  • 1 6-QT Oven-Safe Pot (Cast Iron Enamel)

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large yellow onion diced
  • 2 cups long grain white rice cooked
  • 1 cup canned black beans cooked
  • .5 cup chunky salsa
  • .5 cup chicken broth
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 cup corn kernels 2
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions
 

Prep Ahead

  • Cook rice. When cool to the touch, store in the fridge for up to 4 days. 
  • Dice onions and mince the garlic.
  • If desired, combine cooked rice, black beans, corn, salsa, chicken broth, onions, and garlic in a large resealable container. 
  • Store in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Prepare from Prepped

  • Preheat oven to 350*F.
  • Combine the cooked rice, black beans, salsa, broth, garlic, and corn in a large oven-safe pot, stirring until combined. 
  • Top with shredded cheese.
  • Place dish in oven and bake 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted and beginning to brown.
  • Remove from oven and serve hot.  

Make From Fresh

  • Preheat oven to 350*F.
  • Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large, oven-safe pot until the oil is shimmering.
  • Add the onions and cook until they are beginning to go translucent, about 5 minutes.
  • Add the cooked rice, black beans, corn, garlic, and salsa until combined.
  • Top with shredded cheese.
  • Place dish in oven and bake 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted and beginning to brown.
  • Remove from oven and serve hot.

Video

Notes

This recipe starts off with already-cooked rice, which I like to make ahead of time and then store until the day of cooking. Our favorite is regular old Rice-a-Roni or Uncle Ben’s, but you can use anything you’ve got on hand or prefer. You can use any type of salsa here, although chunky works best; use hot, medium, or mild.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
0/5 (0 Reviews)
Category: Oven Baked, Sides, Vegetarian or VeganCooking Type: Oven Baked, StovetopMain Ingredient: Vegetarian or VeganMeal Type: Side Dish

About Ruthy Kirwan

Ruthy Kirwan is a recipe tester and developer living in NYC with her two small kids and hard-working husband. She created Percolate Kitchen in 2016 to help busy people get their act together in the kitchen. Learn more at percolatekitchen.com/about

Previous Post:Creamy coconut sauce with tender bites of chicken, pineapple, carrots, and broccoli. This coconut chicken sheet pan meal freezes great, too!Pineapple Coconut Chicken Sheet Pan Meal
Next Post:Cheesy Chicken Roll-UpsCanned croissant dough packets stuffed with cream cheese, sour cream, chicken, scallions, and peas. Makes a great easy appetizer!

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Sidebar

Search

  • Amazon
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • TikTok

You work hard. Dinner should be easy.

At Percolate Kitchen, we believe that the “third shift” of getting dinner ready shouldn’t mean reinventing the wheel every evening.

Recipes on our site are broken down into simple, step-by-step processes so you can be flexible with your time- make the meal fresh, prep the ingredients to assemble and cook later, or do a little bit of both.

SHOW ME HOW THAT WORKS

Groceries in Under An Hour

Get Instacart
  • My Account
  • Shop
  • Your Cart
  • Privacy Policy
  • Shipping Policy
  • Returns and Exchanges Policy
  • Contact Us
  • About Us

Copyright © 2023 · Percolate Kitchen · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme