Rice-Crusted Pizza
A fun and unique twist on pizza using rice as the crust. Enjoy this main dish with all of your favorite toppings!
- Prep: 15 min
- Cook: 30 min
- Total: 45 min
- Servings: 12
- Cuisine: Italian-American
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: $0.94/serving
Dietary
- Gluten-Free
- Nut-Free
- Soy-Free
- Low-Sugar
- Vegetarian
- Pescatarian
- Low-Carb
Tags
- bake
- savory
- kid-friendly
- comfort food
- quick
- budget-friendly
Ingredients
- 2 cup rice (cooked)
- 16 ounce mozzarella cheese (part skim)
- 1 egg
- 0.25 teaspoon salt
- 2 cup tomato purée (low-sodium)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 °F. Grease a 12-inch pizza pan or baking sheet.
- Cook rice following directions on the package; set aside.
- Grate cheese; set aside.
- Crack egg and place in mixing bowl, stirring to blend.
- Measure and add 2 cups cooked rice, 1 cup grated cheese, and salt.
- Mix well to combine ingredients.
- Spread rice mixture in prepared pan, pressing firmly and making outer edge slightly raised.
- Spread tomato purée evenly over rice mixture.
- Place pan in oven.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven sprinkle pizza with remaining cheese.
- Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese melts.
- Remove pizza from oven.
- Cut into 12 slices.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories: 162
- Protein: 10.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 11.3 g
- Fat: 8.3 g
- Fiber: 0.7 g
- Sodium: 324 mg
- Saturated Fat: 4.6 g
- Sugar: 2.2 g
- Cholesterol: 42 mg