Get ready to have a new family-favorite dinner recipe. This Spinach Feta Rice Casserole is loaded with easy ingredients and full of awesome flavor. This just might be your new family-favorite meal.
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Ingredients Needed to Make Spinach Feta Rice Casserole
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup shallot, chopped fine
- 10 oz frozen spinach thawed & squeezed
- 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
- 3 cups brown rice, cooked
- ¾ cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 teaspoon dry dill
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 4 eggs
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
🔪 How To Make Spinach Feta Rice Casserole
- Step 1: Preheat oven to 425 degrees Heat olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Cook shallots until tender
- Step 2: Add in spinach and garlic until spinach is warmed. Remove from heat, cool slightly.
- Step 3: Stir in rice, feta, dill, salt & pepper, and lemon juice.
- Step 4: Whisk together eggs and sour cream.
- Step 5: Add to rice mixture and stir well, smoothing out the top.
- Step 6: Bake 20-25 minutes until light golden brown. Rest 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
Tips for Making Spinach Feta Rice Casserole
I like to use brown rice for this recipe but you could use white rice as well. Also, if you don't have sour cream, you could use unflavored Greek yogurt, too. Those are a few easy substitutions or variations that could easily be done.
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Spinach Feta Rice Casserole
This simple rice casserole with feta has amazing flavor and can easily feed a crowd!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup shallot chopped fine
- 10 oz frozen spinach thawed & squeezed
- 2 tablespoons garlic minced
- 3 cups brown rice cooked
- ¾ cup feta cheese crumbled
- 1 teaspoon dry dill
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 4 eggs
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet over medium heat
- Cook shallots until tender
- Add in spinach and garlic until spinach is warmed
- Remove from heat, cool slightly
- Stir in rice, feta, dill, salt & pepper, and lemon juice
- Whisk together eggs and sour cream
- Add to rice mixture and stir well, smoothing out the top
- Bake 20-25 minutes until light golden brown
- Rest 5 minutes before serving
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 443kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 18gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 220mgSodium: 482mgFiber: 6gSugar: 4g
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