34 Delicious Rice Meals You’ll Want to Cook Every Week
Rice is one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen, and these delicious recipes prove it. From quick weeknight stir-fries to hearty one-pot favorites, each dish brings big flavor with minimal effort.
Get ready to discover rice meals so good you’ll want to make them again and again.
Easy Spanish Rice with Ground Beef
This Easy Spanish Rice is perfect for a quick weeknight meal, featuring flavorful rice and added zucchini for extra veggies, all in one pan.
Get the recipe: Easy Spanish Rice with Ground Beef.
Pork Fried Rice (Chinese Take-out Style)
Pork Fried Rice is a great way to use up leftover roasted pork! This Pork Fried Rice is done, before you can go pick up takeout!
Get The Recipe: Pork Fried Rice (Chinese Take-out Style).
Restaurant-Style Mexican Rice
This Restaurant-style Mexican rice is a perfect choice for an easy Mexican side dish. It’s done in less than 30 minutes.
Get The Recipe: Restaurant-Style Mexican Rice.
Healthy Vegetarian Rainbow Poke Rice Bowl
This vegetarian poke rice bowl is a healthy vegan rainbow bowl recipe, done in 30 minutes. The marinated tofu poke makes for an easy-to-find protein base, served in a bowl of hearty brown rice, colorful vegetables, and either a creamy mayo or a light soy-based dressing.
Get the Recipe: Healthy Vegetarian Rainbow Poke Rice Bowl.
Salmon Coconut Rice Bowl
This Salmon Coconut Rice Bowl is healthy, delicious, and perfect for make-ahead lunches. Plus it’s an easy pantry meal, as almost all ingredients are shelf-stable!
Get The Recipe: Salmon Coconut Rice Bowl.
Miso Salmon Bowls
These Miso Salmon Bowls are a hearty, satisfying restaurant-quality dinner ready in under 30 minutes. With just miso paste and a few pantry staples, you can create a quick savory marinade for salmon, then cook it effortlessly in the air fryer.
Get the Recipe: Miso Salmon Bowls.
Air Fryer Egg Fried Rice
This easy air fryer side dish recipe is perfect for serving with all your favorite Chinese meals. Made with just five ingredients, this egg fried rice is quick and straightforward to make in the air fryer and full of flavor.
Get the Recipe: Air Fryer Egg Fried Rice.
Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl
This Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl is a great way to use up leftover shredded chicken or rice. It’s got the classic buffalo spice, and it’s paired with a cabbage slaw that is coated in a tangy, dill dressing that is very similar to ranch dressing.
Get the Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl.
Arroz con Pollo (Latin One Pot Chicken and Yellow Rice)
This Arroz con Pollo is an easy one-pot meal full of Latin flavors, combining juicy chicken, fluffy yellow rice, and vegetables for a complete meal. With savory spices like cumin and paprika, plus smoky bacon, each bite bursts with flavor.
Get the Recipe: Arroz con Pollo (Latin One Pot Chicken and Yellow Rice).
Tuna Poke Bowl
This Tuna Poke Bowl recipe features sushi-grade fish with a medley of fresh veggies and a flavorful poke sauce. Enjoy the pops of flavor and colors in these homemade poke bowls.
Get The Recipe: Tuna Poke Bowl.
Kimchi Bacon Fried Rice
This kimchi-bacon fried rice recipe is a delicious, comforting side dish or main course with a Korean twist. It is easy to cook and clean up!
Get The Recipe: Kimchi Bacon Fried Rice.
Grain Bowl with Steak, Brown Rice, and Peanut Sauce
This steak brown rice grain bowl features brown rice topped with steak, carrots, broccoli, and drizzled with peanut sauce. Healthy and delicious!
Get The Recipe: Grain Bowl with Steak, Brown Rice, and Peanut Sauce.
Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice
This Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice is a quick and simple dinner recipe that you can have on the table in less than 30 minutes.
Get The Recipe: Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice.
Easy Smoked Salmon Poke Bowl
Poke bowls have taken the food scene by storm, and it’s easy to see why! They’re vibrant, versatile, and bursting with fresh flavors. This smoked salmon poke bowl is perfect for when you’re craving something fresh and satisfying without spending hours in the kitchen.
Get the Recipe: Easy Smoked Salmon Poke Bowl.
Lebanese Spiced Rice with Toasted Nuts and Vegetables
Easy vegan Lebanese spiced rice with toasted nuts and vegetables is one of my favorite ways to enjoy rice. It’s fluffy, filling, loaded with flavor and can be enjoyed as a side dish or a main. No more boring rice.
Get the Recipe: Lebanese Spiced Rice with Toasted Nuts and Vegetables.
Kinoko Gohan (Japanese Mushroom Rice)
You’ll be amazed at how the simple seasonings in this Japanese mushroom rice add so much umami, earthy, delicious flavor. A great side for so many meals.
Get The Recipe: Japanese Mushroom Rice (Kinoko Gohan).
Turkey Fried Rice
Transform holiday leftovers into this easy Leftover Turkey Fried Rice! Ready in 30 minutes with tender turkey, fluffy rice, and Asian flavors.
Get The Recipe: Turkey Fried Rice.
Jambalaya
Jambalaya is a classic one-pot recipe filled with chicken, sausage, shrimp, and rice. Learn all about this representative New Orleans dish, including how it’s made below!
Get the Recipe: Jambalaya.
Chashu Chahan Japanese Fried Rice
Chashu Chahan is more than just a way to use up leftovers. This simple Japanese fried rice is quick to prepare, with just a few ingredients. Perfect as a lunch.
Get The Recipe: Chashu Chahan (Japanese Fried Rice with Pork Belly).
Low-Carb Cauliflower Bibimbap
This amazing Korean Cauliflower Bibimbap recipe is delicious, low-carb, keto friendly, and easy to make. The perfect quick vegetarian weeknight dinner idea.
Get the Recipe: Low-Carb Cauliflower Bibimbap.
Smoked Salmon Poke Bowls
Smoked salmon poke bowls are easy, fresh, and healthy with an array of veggies. They have soy-marinated smoked salmon, avocado, pickled beets, and cucumbers and are drizzled with spicy mayo dressing.
Get the Recipe: Smoked Salmon Poke Bowls.
Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl
This easy Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl takes fan-favorite game day flavors and transforms them into a delicious and (dare I say semi-healthy?) meal. Toss cooked chicken in buffalo sauce, assemble it on a bed of rice and quickly sautéed carrots and celery, then top it with blue cheese crumbles or Ranch dressing.
Get the Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl.
Kimchi Fried Rice
Kimchi Fried Rice, or Kimchi Bokkeumbap (볶음밥), is a fast and flavorful rice dish made with leftover cooked rice, kimchi, and a handful of other simple ingredients. Ready in just 30 minutes, top with a crispy fried egg for a complete meal.
Get The Recipe: Kimchi Fried Rice.
Spicy Salmon Poke
These spicy salmon poke bowls are made with seasoned sushi rice, marinated salmon, and a spicy mayo sauce. Serve as a quick lunch or dinner!
Get the Recipe: Spicy Salmon Poke.
Ground Beef Bulgogi (Easy Korean Beef Bowl)
Make ground beef bulgogi for a satisfying Korean beef bowl in just 15 minutes. This savory, delicious dish features marinated ground beef stir-fried to perfection, creating a rich flavor that bursts with every bite.
Get the Recipe: Ground Beef Bulgogi (Easy Korean Beef Bowl).
Shrimp Fried Rice
This shrimp fried rice is easy and delicious. It’s made in less than 30 minutes to satisfy your Asian takeout craving at any time.
Get the Recipe: Shrimp Fried Rice.
Mediterranean Rice
I’m always excited to make this simple Mediterranean Rice! It’s packed with warm, comforting spices like cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves, and the flavors really pop with every bite.
Get the Recipe: Mediterranean Rice.
Spicy Tuna Rice Bowl
This Spicy Tuna Rice Bowl recipe is a flavor explosion that combines tender, protein-packed tuna with crisp vegetables, creamy avocado, sauces, and more, all nestled on a comforting bed of leftover rice.
Get The Recipe: Spicy Tuna Rice Bowl.
Better Than Takeout Chicken Fried Rice
EASY Better Than Takeout Chicken Fried Rice- no need to get take-out when you can make this from scratch version right at home! One of the best weeknight dinners, this take-out classic is packed with flavor, not greasy, and is loaded with chicken, veggies, and tender rice! Perfect to make via stove-top, in a Wok, on your Blackstone, or Instant Pot!
Get the Recipe: Better Than Takeout Chicken Fried Rice
Dolsot Bibimbap
Bibimbap is a traditional Korean dish whose name literally means “mixed rice.” It’s a versatile and colorful meal consisting of a bowl of warm white rice topped with sautéed and seasoned vegetables, gochujang, soy sauce, a raw or fried egg, and sliced meat, usually beef.
Get the Recipe: Dolsot Bibimbap.
Taiwanese Minced Pork Rice
Taiwanese minced pork rice is a classic homestyle dish that’s really easy to make. It’s savory, gently sweet, flavorful and perfect for meal prep, too. A great meal any night.
Get The Recipe: Taiwanese Minced Pork Rice.
Spam Fried Rice
Spam fried rice is the ultimate comfort food, combining crispy bites of Spam, fluffy rice, eggs, and of course, vegetables. The soy sauce, along with a pinch of brown sugar, adds just the right amount of sweet and savory, making every bite AMAZING!
Get the Recipe: Spam Fried Rice.
Vegan Poke Bowl with Beets
This easy vegan poke bowl recipe is a perfect no-cook dinner or work-from-home lunch. Unlike most vegan poke bowls, we made this one without tofu. We used marinated roasted beets, added lots of veggies like carrots and avocados, and topped it off with vegan sriracha mayonnaise.
Get the Recipe: Vegan Poke Bowl with Beets.
Katsudon
Katsudon (カツ丼) is a popular Japanese rice bowl made with tonkatsu (deep-fried pork cutlet), egg, sautéed onions, and rice in a sweet and savory sauce.
Get The Recipe: Katsudon.
