Mushroom Rice Casserole

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of white rice
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1/2 can (small) mushrooms (stems and pieces)
  • Pecans or almonds, broken
  • 1/2 cup butter

Instructions:

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Boil rice, rinse, and season with nutmeg
  • Place layer of rice in well greased baking dish
  • Add a layer of mushroom soup, nuts of choice, and stems of pieces of mushrooms, add layer of rice etc. ending with nuts on top
  • Melt and pour 1/2 cup of butter over the dish
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until well heated

Tip from the Delta: This recipe is just as good prepared the day before, but wait to pour over melted butter until ready to serve.

Recipe courtesy of The University of Southern Mississippi’s digital archives

Citation: Vaught, Mrs. Marshall. “Mushroom Rice Casserole” Recipe. Coahoma Cooking Everyday and Sunday Too. Coahoma Woman’s Club, 1952. 1o. Digital.