Basmati rice recipe for slow cooker

nearlytherenow

Does anyone have any tried and tested recipes for a rice dish in the slow cooker? I'm having some friends over Saturday evening but I'm out all day so going to make the most of the slow cooker and a couple I've borrowed.

Will have gammon in one, chilli in another, which leaves one spare. Would like to make a rice dish in the other, something that could be a meal in itself rather than just rice.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Maitane

Do you need it to be a veggie dish?
Do you have anything to use up at the same time?

nearlytherenow

Hi, thanks for the reply. It doesn't have to be veggie but I am making two other meat dishes so veg would be better. I have a veg patch in the garden and have LOADS of beetroot, runner beans and courgettes so anything that uses something from there would be a bonus. I also have some red peppers in the fridge too. Oh and some chicken stock I made after cooking a whole chicken in the slow cooker yesterday.

Maitane

What about a kind of vegetable biryani?

I'd do it by frying an onion, garlic, ginger, peppers and as many courgettes as you can manage in a little bit of oil.
I can't give exact quantities for spices but the ratio is for every one part turmeric, add two of both ground coriander and cumin then another two of garam masala. Chuck the rice into the slow cooker, put this mixture on top and then twice the volume of chicken stock to rice.
You could add tomatoes for a bit of sweetness, chickpeas to bulk it out, spinach for extra veg or as many herbs as you can chuck in.

The other thing I do in a slow cooker is the cuban chicken dish from Economy Gastronomy - basically salt, cumin and thyme rubbed onto chicken pieces which then get fried with an onion, chuck the lot into a SC with the rice, some garlic, rice, stock and a can of kidney beans. Cook until the chicken falls apart then stir in a tablespoon or two of red wine vinegar to add tang.

nearlytherenow

Thank you so much for that Maitane I have all of those ingredients so will make that tomorrow and let you know how it turns out. Would you rinse/soak the rice first in the same way as you would when cooking on the hob?

Thank you again :-)

Maitane

Give it a quick rinse if you fancy but I only do it out of habit.

For the biryani, if you have any other curry spices like cloves, cardamom or cinnamon, chuck them in too.