French Onion Rice Casserole – A French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe

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With only 4 ingredients, French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish. Often called Stick of Butter Rice, this French Onion Rice in the oven recipe also uses condensed French Onion Soup, Beef Broth and Dry Instant Rice.

With only 4 ingredients, French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish.

French Onion Rice Casserole

Rice is such an economical side dish, and it’s nice to have many different rice recipes up our sleeves in addition to plain white rice. This Stick of Butter Rice is one of those recipes. It’s super flavorful due to that stick of butter, mentioned a second ago, in addition to beef broth and a can of condensed French Onion Soup.

This recipe came from our good friend Jackie. When Barbara got married, she gifted her a cookbook where she wrote down her family’s favorite recipes. This baked French Onion Rice Casserole is one of the recipes from her cookbook.

Once she made this dish with the canned French onion soup and it was such a hit, Barbara decided to try these French Onion Joes. They are a great alternative to regular sloppy joe sandwiches.

This Stick of Butter Rice is one of those recipes. It's super flavorful due to that stick of butter, mentioned a second ago, in addition to beef broth and a can of condensed French Onion Soup.

Ingredients for Stick Of Butter Rice

All you do for this French Onion Rice in the oven recipe is mix together all the ingredients, and pop in the oven to bake.  If you can manage to melt butter, then you can handle this recipe.

Here’s a little hint: melt butter or margarine in a saucepan over medium high heat on the stove top.  It’s the fastest and cleanest way to do it.  Melting in the microwave always ends up in a big mess on the top of the microwave.

Serve this French Onion Rice Casserole as the perfect side dish for any beef, pork or chicken dish.

How to Make French Onion Rice Casserole

Step By Step Instructions

  1. Grease an oven-safe, 2-Quart (or 8 x 8 inch)  casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a mixing bowl, stir together dry instant rice, beef broth, can of condensed French onion soup, and melted butter.
  3. Pour rice mixture into prepared baking dish and bake for 45 minutes or until rice is tender.

Storage Instructions

Let leftovers cool. Transfer to an airtight container, and store in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions for French Onion Rice in the Oven is at the bottom of this page in the recipe card.

This French Onion Rice Casserole can also be called Stick of Rice Casserole and uses a can of condensed French Onion soup.

How to Make French Onion Rice Casserole

Step By Step Instructions

  1. Grease an oven-safe, 2-Quart (or 8 x 8 inch)  casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a mixing bowl, stir together dry instant rice, beef broth, can of condensed French onion soup, and melted butter.
  3. Pour rice mixture into prepared baking dish and bake for 45 minutes or until rice is tender.

Storage Instructions

Let leftovers cool. Transfer to an airtight container, and store in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions for French Onion Rice in the Oven is at the bottom of this page in the recipe card.

With only 4 ingredients,  French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish. Often called Stick of Butter Rice, this French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe also uses condensed French Onion Soup, Beef Broth and Dry Instant Rice. 

French Onion Soup Recipes

Check out our whole set of recipes that use condensed French Onion Soup in this post.

With only 4 ingredients,  French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish. Often called Stick of Butter Rice, this French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe also uses condensed French Onion Soup, Beef Broth and Dry Instant Rice. 

Recipe FAQs

  • Be sure to use condensed French Onion Soup for this recipe.  Find it in the is with the cream soups.
  • Substitute margarine for butter, if needed.
  • Preferably use low sodium beef broth since French Onion Soup is higher in sodium.
  • Bake uncovered.
  • Fluff up the top of the French Onion Rice Casserole about 10 minutes before baking so that the top isn’t crunchy.
  • This French onion rice bake recipe is the perfect accompaniment to Sunday Church Beef TipsBaked Cranberry Pork Chops, or 4-Ingredient Chicken Legs.
  • Check out this whole post on what to do with Canned French Onion Soup.
With only 4 ingredients,  French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish. Often called Stick of Butter Rice, this French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe also uses condensed French Onion Soup, Beef Broth and Dry Instant Rice. 

Recipe Variations

  • Use chicken broth instead of beef broth.
  • Add in sautéed mushrooms.
  • A dash of Worcestershire sauce gives great flavor.
  • If desired, season with salt and black pepper.
  • Add a protein such as cooked ground beef, diced chicken or breakfast sausage.

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French Onion Rice Casserole – A French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe

With only 4 ingredients,  French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish. Often called Stick of Butter Rice, this French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe also uses condensed French Onion Soup, Beef Broth and Dry Instant Rice. 
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: french onion rice, French Onion Rice Casserole, french onion rice in oven, rice with french onion soup, stick of butter rice
Servings: 8
Calories: 201kcal
Author: Barbara

Ingredients

  • 2 cups dry instant rice
  • 10.5 oz. French onion soup (condensed)
  • 15 oz. beef broth
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Mix together dry, uncooked rice, beef broth, melted butter and Condensed French Onion Soup.
  • Pour into a greased 2 quart or 8 x 8-inch baking dish. 
    With only 4 ingredients,  French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish. Often called Stick of Butter Rice, this French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe also uses condensed French Onion Soup, Beef Broth and Dry Instant Rice. 
  • Bake for 45 minutes or until rice is tender. See next step.
    With only 4 ingredients,  French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish. Often called Stick of Butter Rice, this French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe also uses condensed French Onion Soup, Beef Broth and Dry Instant Rice. 
  • 10 minutes before end of cooking, fluff the top of the French Onion Rice with a fork to prevent the top from being crunchy.
    With only 4 ingredients,  French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish. Often called Stick of Butter Rice, this French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe also uses condensed French Onion Soup, Beef Broth and Dry Instant Rice. 

Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 201kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 493mg | Potassium: 200mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg

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With only 4 ingredients,  French Onion Rice Casserole has loads of rich flavor and is a great side dish for your favorite beef, chicken or pork dish. Often called Stick of Butter Rice, this French Onion Rice in Oven Recipe also uses condensed French Onion Soup, Beef Broth and Dry Instant Rice. 

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9 Comments

    1. We haven’t tried it with instant brown rice. In our experience, cooking time is different with brown rice so take that into consideration if you do substitute!

    1. We use the Campbell’s French Onion Soup which we find with the other condensed soups at our local grocery store.

  1. Can I use Lipton’s Dry Onion Soup and Dip mix instead of the canned soup? It has a lot of ingredients I can’t have. If your answer is yes, do I mix the mix with milk and call it condensed soup and then add the rest of your ingredients? Thank you.

    1. Jeannette – we haven’t tried it with dry onion soup so we are hesitant to say if it will work or not. Sorry!

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