Anyone got any rice recipes?

Jayar

A good way to make plain rice taste nicer is to add a stock cube (or two) to the water. Remember not to add any salt though

kazmeister

Hi mad monkey

Couple of risotto recipes, pea and ham already posted earlier this week which someone on the grocery challenge tried and enjoyed

Quick Fish Risotto
1 onion finely chopped
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 veg stock cube
850ml boiling water
250g risotto rice
250g smoked haddock skinned and cut into chunks
large cupful frozen peas
large knob butter

Place onion and garlic into microwaveable bowl with stock cube and 300ml of boiling water. Stir well cover and micro on high 3 mins
stir in the rice with 300ml boiling water, cover and micro on high 10 mins stirring after 5.
tip fish into bowl with peas and remaining water. cover and microwave for 4 mins on high or until cooked.
Stand 2 mins then stir in butter and seasoning as required.

Pea and Bacon risotto
2 tbsp olive oil
small chunk butter
1 onion finely chopped
6 sreaky bacon rashers chopped (use any you have)
300g risotto rice
1 litre hot veg stock (3 stock cubes)
100g frozen peas

heat oil and butter in large pan tip in onions and fry about 7 mins.
Add bacon fry 5 mins more
Tip in rice and stock and bring to boil.
Stir well the reduce heat and cook with lid on for 15 - 20 mins until rice is almost tender and most stock absorbed.
Stir in peas add salt and pepper cook 3 mins more until peas cooked.

sandy2_2

How about, bits of chicken and cooked peas heated with a tin of condensed mushroom or chicken soup, either served over rice ormixed into cooked rice
or
sliced cooked sausages, fried onion mixed into condensed mushroom soup then dessertspoon of vinegar added and stirred in (I know it sounds weird but tastes good) then again served over or stirred into rice or pasta
or
thick mixed vegetable stew with rice cooked in it
or of course curry
or smaller 'mains' and a rice pudding

newlywed

We always used to have "rice and meat" - make a bolognaise type sauce with mince but make sure the sauce is thick and not too runny - when cooked, add cooked rice and mix all in so you get bolognaise type rice


The other is "rice onion and potato" - put a layer of uncooked rice in a greased oven proof dish. Add a layer of sliced onion (one large one should do it) Add a layer of fairly thin sliced potato. Add stock up to the top of the potato. Put a lid on and bake for about 45 minutes in the oven - until all the rice and potatoes are cooked and the water is gone. Lovely with sausages, peas and gravy.

fizzel81

rice and savery mince? my boys like this
my eldest also likes rice cooked then left to cool and fried with eggs and pies (egg fried rice i guess)

purpleivy

I always find the recipe below to be well received. It can go a bit sticky if yo either forget to wash it, or over cook it. It doesn't take long. I imagine you can be fairly flexible about the spices etc you use to suit your own tastes. I almost always use the saffron for 'company' but don't bother if we're on our own. Rosewater lasts ages once you have it and I don't use it for anything else much, so might as well use it up. I use whole cardamom pods as we prefer them. I guess you could use just a spoon of curry powder in the interests of economy or convenience.


It was part of a Biryani recipe, but I have no idea where it originally came from. A library book I think.


Spicy Basmati Rice

450g Basmati rice
5 tbsp melted butter or ghee
1 large onion (finely sliced)
1 pinch saffron (optional)
3 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 litre spicy vegetable stock (can be from Indian stock cube)
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp ground cardamom
1 tsp ground ginger
3 tbsp rose water (optional)
50g sultanas (optional)
175g cooked frozen peas (optional)
100g cooked sweet corn (optional)

Wash the rice and drain - dry if possible.
Fry the onions until starting to colour. Add the saffron, garlic and ginger and cool for a further minute.
Add the rice and cook for a further five minutes.
Add the stock, garam masala, and cardamom and the rosewater and sultanas if using. Cover and cook for ten minutes. Stir in the peas and sweet corn if using.

Pink.

Hi MadMonkey,

There's an older thread with lots of ideas for rice so I'll merge this thread with it to keep all the suggestions together.

Pink

MadMonkey

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi MadMonkey,

There's an older thread with lots of ideas for rice so I'll merge this thread with it to keep all the suggestions together.

Pink

I thought I was going mad when i clicked on "subscribed threads" and clicked on the "rice" thread and the inital question was not me

I really should search the forum more but I am too impulsive :rolleyes:

Thanks a lot for merging them I now have loads to work at !!

BrightonLad

Ok, I made this the other night. So easy, and one of the tastiest things i ever made!!

PRAWN AND CHORIZO JUMBALAYA

Also this is a tasty and very healthy salad.....

CHICKEN, AVOCADO AND BROWN RICE SALAD

Both recipes taken from www.waitrose.com

littlechezza

Not sure if I'm in the right place, I seem to have a lot of rice in the cupboards and need some ideas that will keep hubbie and 2 young children happy, willing to try anything, sick of looking at the packets.
Thanks