Anyone got an easy savoury rice/risotto recipe

amandathepanda

The family are sick of potatoes and want a change, something ricey to have with fish or chicken breasts. Has anyone any good and easy recipes, but also need to be tasty, I have made it in the past but it always seems a bit bland. Thanks

Pink.

Hi,

I like to make fried rice. You can make it as plain or as elaborate as you want. Some good things to add are egg, onions, chicken, ham, peas, spring onions...whatever you fancy really. A good glug of soy sauce and some sesame oil makes it look and taste better.


There are quite a few risotto recipes on this thread: Recipe - Risotto

And some good ideas on this thread: Ways to make rice interesting ?

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seraphina

I like making kedgeree with smoked fish. Traditionally it should be smoked haddock, but I've also used cod as well and it's lovely.

Cover the smoked fish with boiling milk, cover and leave for 10mins or so - the fish will flake easily when cooked. Fry an onion in some butter, and when soft af a teaspoon of cumin, turmeric and maybe some curry powder. Fry for another few mins, then add the flaked fish and some cold cooked rice. Cook until heated through and then serve with quartered boiled eggs, parsely and some freshly chopped green chilli.

I'm sure google will have a more detailed recipe.

sadiedoll

Spinach and lemon risotto?

Fry onion/shallot in butter, add juice of half a lemon and zest. Add arborio rice and stir until it is coated in onion/lemon mixture. Make risotto in usual way. Before serving, stir in remainder of lemon juice, small knob of butter and then add raw spinach, stir for 1-2 mins until spinach is wilted.

nikibella

Hi,
to make risotto you shall brown some chopped onion in butter or oil and cook it until soft (add water if necessary, but wait until it evaporates before adding rice). You shall then brown the rice in the onion until it's golden. Then add half a glass of white wine in the rice and stir constantly until it evaporates. In the meantime keep a saucepan with hot stock (it can be either meat, chicken or vegetable stock, cubes are fine) next to the risotto pan and add gradually stock (roughly half a cup each time) stirring until it is absorbed, then add more until the rice is cooked (between 15 and 20 mins. total cooking time depending on the rice). Before the risotto is cooked you may add any chopped vegetables you like, such as mushrooms, asparagus etc. If you want yellow risotto, add some saffron power just before taking it out of the heat and stir well. Before serving add a little butter and grated parmesan cheese. If you don't want the wine just omit it and tarrt immediately to add the broth as directed.

frizz_head

My friend made coconut rice for me and we have not been able to have normal rice since. You just fry the rice in oil to coat, then add boiling water and a can of coconut milk. Her tip to guage the quantity of liquid was, place a wooden spoon (upright) on top of the rice (in the pan) and the liquid should cover a third of the wooden spoon, regardless of the quantity of rice used. Then just add turmeric for colour, and cardamon pods and a couple of cloves for flavour. (Remove these before serving).

Then stir once only and then leave to simmer until all liquid is absorbed. Do not stir again.

aurora_borealis_2

seraphina wrote:

I like making kedgeree with smoked fish. Traditionally it should be smoked haddock, but I've also used cod as well and it's lovely.

Cover the smoked fish with boiling milk, cover and leave for 10mins or so - the fish will flake easily when cooked. Fry an onion in some butter, and when soft af a teaspoon of cumin, turmeric and maybe some curry powder. Fry for another few mins, then add the flaked fish and some cold cooked rice. Cook until heated through and then serve with quartered boiled eggs, parsely and some freshly chopped green chilli.

I'm sure google will have a more detailed recipe.

Cheers. OH had a craving. Will be trying this tonight

Gingernutmeg

i often make this cougette and sun dried tomato risotto - it's from a student cookbook so it's fairly cheap and it's very tasty!

1/2 onion, chopped finely
1 courgette, washed and grated
6 sun dried tomatoes, chopped
1 1/2 pints of veg or chicken stock
2 tbsp olive oil
7 oz risotto rice
1 oz butter
1 oz parmesan, grated
salt and pepper

Heat the stock in a pan until just boiling.

Fry the onion in the oil (you can use some of the tomato oil if you prefer) until soft but not coloured. Add the rice and stir to coat.

Using a ladle, add the stock a little at a time, making sure that each ladleful is absorbed before you add another. Keep adding and stirring until the stock is used up and the rice is tender.

Stir in the courgette and tomato and heat until warmed through. Add the butter and cheese, season to taste and enjoy!

Soapy955

I know it's a bit of a cheat but I boiled some rice yesterday and then just added a tin of rattatoiulle!
It was quite nice and made loads, it was very filling!

aurora_borealis_2

My kedgeree was very tasty ... but i forgot the egg!

anniebooklover

amanda I have a fabulous recipe for Parmesan Risotto from Gary Rhodes' "short-cut Rhodes" book. I have tried it, adapting it by adding all sorts and it is so delicious. Very easy to make too. If you want the recipe, pm me and I will type it out for you.

HTH Annie