Fairy Godmother Rice

I halved the recipe. I used homemade dry onion soup mix in which I used low sodium beef bouillon (see this site for recipe). I added diced carrots and I think it would benefit from fresh mushrooms. I subbed water for half the broth and used beef broth. I used thin spaghetti, broken up and instant brown rice. I did not add extra salt and even with the low sodium bouillon it was mildly salty. I most likely will be making this recipe again.

I halved the recipe. I used homemade dry onion soup mix in which I used low sodium beef bouillon (see this site for recipe). I added diced carrots and I think it would benefit from fresh mushrooms. I subbed water for half the broth and used beef broth. I used thin spaghetti, broken up and instant brown rice. I did not add extra salt and even with the low sodium bouillon it was mildly salty. I most likely will be making this recipe again.

Really tasty side dish if you don't mind the high-sodium content. :) I halved the butter, used jasmine rice instead of instant, & added 1 lb fresh mushrooms (sauteed). We loved the results! The rice cooked up perfectly fluffy & flavorful. This was a great addition to the Christmas table. Will be making it again! Thank you for the recipe! :)

I'm glad I came across this recipe. If you like Rice-A-Roni, this is your home made version of that dish. I happen to like it and my favorite part about this dish were the different textures. The rice, the noodles (I used Vermicelli) and the crunchiness of the Water Chestnuts provide that. I did cut down on the butter and used 5 tbs. instead. The area that I feel could be improved upon is the flavor, the dry onion mix gives it a subtle flavor but I think that it could be better by adding diced celery, parsley, and/or other herbs and spices. Be careful with the salt! I used 1 1/2 pkg. of Onion soup mix. I'm interested to play with that part of the recipe next time because it has potential to be great but this is still extraordinary as it was written.

I would give this 3.5 stars if I could. It was not terrible, but it just wasn't on the money, could have been better. I have eaten something like this at a brunch before and it was much better. But I did eat it so it wasn't horrible and it def. is an inexpensive recipe that makes a very large quantity.

This is a great side! I just happened to have everything on hand for this and was looking for an easy side to make. The only thing I changed was using rice vinegar instead of the soy sauce (I was out of soy) We all enjoyed it. Thanks Ryan!