Vegan Broccoli Rice Casserole
A very tasty and healthy Vegan broccoli and rice casserole recipe. It can be a side dish or a main dish. Feel free to add things like mushrooms, vegan sausage, and crispy fried onions.
Servings: 4
Calories: 420kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked white rice or brown rice
- 1/4 cup olive oil or grapeseed oil or avocado oil
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1.5 cups boiling water
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2/3 cup nutritional yeast
- 2/3 cup broccoli chopped, fresh or frozen
Instructions
- Prepare rice according to directions, and set aside. You want to end up with ~4 cups of cooked rice.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Gently boil 1.5 cups water on the stove.
- In a large pan add 1/4 cup oil and set stove to medium heat. Add 1/4 cup flour and stir together with the oil very well to make a roux. Once the roux is bubbly turn the heat to low, and add the 1.5 cups of boiling water, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp soy, 1 tsp onion powder, and 2 cloves minced garlic. Cook for 5 minutes stirring often.
- Add 2/3 cup nutritional yeast and stir it in, continue to cook for another minute.
- Put the rice, broccoli, and sauce mixture into a baking dish, and stir it together. At this point you can add optional things like paprika sprinkled on top, freshly ground black pepper, crispy fried onions, and/or mushrooms. Cook in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.