Cheddar Chive Rice: A quick and easy side dish recipe! (2024)

I made this tonight and my husband and I really enjoyed it! I was so tired of mashed potatoes…and this was a nice change. Only thing I did differently was I added a little gouda with the cheddar…I’m on a weird Gouda kick. It was so good! I’ll definitely make this again!

After the first mouthful, my husband said ‘The rice is really good’. This was a mouthful from a man of few words when it comes to dinner fare! I will admit to adding more cheese and using my rice cooker instead of a pan do I could be free to do some other things. I used low-sodium chicken broth and a fair amount of pepper, since I’m on a pepper kick right now. I made a double and this will be great with the rotisserie chicken that’s about to go on the grill.

Are you substituting the green onions in place of chives because they are two different items?

Love this recipe! We sub in quinoa for rice, and it’s something my kids will eat without ranch dressing on top!
Thank you!

Made this last night with some tilapia. Absolutely AMAZINGGGG YUM!!! Thanks so much for the recipe!

Andi, This looks like a terrific and yummy dish. Thanks for linking up to Best of the Weekend. I’m featuring this post this weekend!!

I love idea of adding cheese to rice, and I have no idea why I never thought about it. ;) It sounds delicious!

Looks so good! My son loves rice, I will have to try this one!
Come by and share on my linkup today!

I made a vegan version of this using vegan chicken broth and vegan cheese and it was amazing! Thanks for the wonderful recipe, I will definitely be making this one again and again. I can think of so many other things to add to this (peas, broccoli, and bacon bits just to name a few) to change it up a little.

great recipe andi. definitely one i will be adding to my weeknight repertoire, thanks for sharing!

This would make a great side dish alternative to potatoes, and so quick and easy for weeknights. It’s on the menu for tomorrow night :)

Great easy recipe! Thanks for sharing : )

Great giveaway! This cheddar chive rice sounds incredible. I would want multiple servings!

Hi Andi,
This rice dish looks really delicious and I don;t think it’s just the beautiful photo! ;-)

Can instant rice be substituted? We generally don’t have the other in house, but this looks to good to resist. Thanks for the recipe.

Love this easy side dish! We always have rice in our house and adding cheese is such a great idea!

Yum!! I love a good rice dish! So quick and easy!

YUM, YUM, YUMMY, love your recipes!!! Keep the great work!!! :-D

I can’t wait to try the recipe, it sounds wonderful and we LOVE rice and we eat it often….now, I’m going in to check for noodle recipes for we eat a lot of noodles as well.

It looks delicious…I would love to try it!

We have rice every single day in the house buy have never tried this! Would love to try it this week! Thanks for sharing! And great giveaway!

I am always looking for side dishes. Funny but I don’t even think about rice most of the time.
I like rice. Conditioning from home—–and that was so long ago the world was flat.

Thank you for the amazing giveaway AND the amazing recipe. I love rice with cheese so I definitely want to make this. I want to try adding it to burritos like you suggested.
p.s. I found out about this giveaway/recipe via your newsletter! :)