How to cook rice with vegetables deliciously? TOP 4 recipes with photos of cooking at home. Cooking Tips and Chefs' Secrets. Video recipes.
Tired of the classic side dishes of potatoes and pasta? Want to add variety to your diet? Cook rice with vegetables! Having trouble making boiled rice crumbly? Does the dish look like sticky porridge with chunks of vegetables? In this material, we tell you all the secrets and TOP-4 recipes for how to cook rice with vegetables correctly and tasty. If you know some of the tricks of cooking rice dishes, they will turn out delicious, mouth-watering, tender and will bring true pleasure even to the most demanding gourmets.
Cooking Tips & Chef Secrets
- Before cooking, the rice must be thoroughly rinsed under cold running water until the water becomes clear. This is necessary to remove the starch formed on the surface of the grains during processing.
- Avoid fast-digesting rice varieties. Otherwise, it will turn out to be a little appetizing mess. Rice with vegetables from a variety with long grains turned out to be delicious: Jasmine or Basmati.
- A more dietary dish will be a dish made from unprocessed varieties of rice, for example, brown. But the most optimal solution is steamed rice.
- To cook rice with vegetables for a crumbly side dish, do not stir it while cooking. This can be done only after the rice is ready.
- Rice with vegetables is ideally obtained in a slow cooker, wok, cast-iron cauldron or metal thick-bottomed dishes.
- Bell peppers, green peas, broccoli, green beans, zucchini, corn grains go well with rice. The amount of vegetables can be any.
- Fans of Asian cuisine can turn the dish into an oriental one by adding soy sauce.
- A side dish of rice with vegetables will be an excellent independent dish. But it goes well with chicken, meat and fish. Pork is served with it in sweet and sour sauce or decorated with finely chopped dill and parsley on the table.
Rice with chicken and vegetables in a pan
The recipe for rice with vegetables and chicken in a pan is a very practical and easy to prepare dish. Serve well freshly cooked or reheated in the microwave.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 289 kcal.
- Servings - 4
- Cooking time - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Chicken breast - 1 pc.
- Bulgarian pepper - 0, 5 pcs.
- Olive oil - 3 tablespoons
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Ground pepper - a pinch
- Boiled rice - 2 tbsp.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Oregano - a pinch
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- Ground red pepper - a pinch
- Salt to taste
- Cumin - a pinch
Cooking rice with vegetables and chicken in a pan:
- Rinse the rice, cover with water in a 1: 2 ratio, salt and boil until tender.
- Wash the chicken fillet, dry with a paper towel and cut into small pieces.
- Peel the bell pepper from the seed box, cut into strips and combine with the chicken fillet. Add red pepper, salt, olive oil (1 tablespoon) and mix well.
- Preheat a dry skillet and place the chicken and pepper in it. Fry, stirring occasionally, for 8 minutes over medium heat, until the poultry is almost done. Remove the finished chicken fillet from the pan.
- Peel the onions, cut into thin half rings and send to the pan.
- Peel the garlic, chop finely and add to the onion.
- Cut the tomatoes into small cubes and send them to the pan. Saute vegetables for 5 minutes over medium heat.
- Add cooked boiled rice to the pan, salt and pepper, pour in 100 ml of water and stir. Return the sautéed chicken and pepper fillet to the pan and mix together. Bring the rice with vegetables and chicken in a skillet until cooked through, stewing for 5 minutes to evaporate all the water.
Rice with frozen vegetables
A tasty and original dish - rice with frozen vegetables. It is prepared quickly and easily, and the aroma and bright colors of the food will delight household members on gray winter days. For the recipe, use freshly cooked rice or leftover unused boiled rice from yesterday's dinner.
Ingredient:
- Long grain rice - 150 g
- Frozen carrots cut into cups - 100 g
- Broccoli frozen -100 g
- Frozen corn kernels - 100 g
- Frozen green peas - 100 g
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
- Butter - 10 g
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
Cooking Fried Rice with Frozen Vegetables:
- Rinse the rice well several times, cover with cold water and boil under the lid. Reduce heat and simmer until tender, 15-20 minutes. You can make fried rice with vegetables for a better taste. To do this, fry dry grains in a clean and dry frying pan until golden brown, and then boil until tender.
- Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, put sliced garlic in slices and keep on fire so that it gives off its aroma. Then discard it.
- Place the frozen broccoli carrots in the skillet and cook for 5 minutes. You do not need to defrost vegetables beforehand.
- Then add corn kernels and green peas. Cover the pan and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add cooked rice to the vegetables, season with salt and pepper, stir and simmer for 2 minutes under the lid.
Rice with meat and vegetables in the oven
The recipe for rice with meat and vegetables baked in the oven is juicy, aromatic and very tasty. It is a suitable dish for family lunch and dinner. A set of vegetables can be taken to your taste, and if desired, supplemented with mushrooms.
Ingredients:
- Rice - 1, 5 tbsp.
- Beef pulp - 700 g
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Red bell pepper - 1 pc.
- Green beans - 200 g
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Sweet ground paprika - 1 tablespoon
- Salt to taste
- Spices to taste
- Vegetable oil - for frying
Cooking rice with meat and vegetables in the oven:
- Wash the meat, pat dry with a paper towel and fry in a pan in vegetable oil over high heat until golden brown on all sides. Do not bring it to readiness, tk. it will still languish in the oven. It is necessary that it is only covered with a golden brown crust, which will seal the juice in pieces.
- Peel the onions and carrots, wash, chop and add to the meat. Fry, stirring occasionally, for a few minutes. Then pour in water (100 ml), cover and simmer over low heat for 40-45 minutes.
- Peel the bell pepper from the seed box and cut into strips together with the green beans. Remove the skin from the tomatoes. Peel the garlic and cut into pieces. Add food to the skillet with meat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring.
- Transfer the meat and vegetables to an ovenproof saucepan. Place well-washed rice on top. Season with salt, pepper, spices and hot water to cover the food by 2 cm.
- Bring the contents of the saucepan to a boil under the lid and transfer to a heated oven to 180 ° C for 20 minutes to cook the rice.
Rice with shrimps and vegetables
Rice with shrimps and vegetables complemented by soy sauce and eggs is a delicious and aromatic side dish for the whole family based on Chinese cuisine. And the addition of bright spices will add sophistication and piquancy to the dish.
Ingredients:
- Boiled-frozen king prawns - 200 g
- Basmati rice - 0.5 tbsp
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Soy sauce - 100 ml
- Frozen vegetable mixture (green peas, corn, bell peppers) - 200 g
- Ground red pepper - 1/3 tsp.
- Ground ginger - 1/3 tsp
- Green onions - 3 feathers
- Sesame - 2 tablespoons
Cooking rice with shrimps and vegetables:
- Boil the rice until cooked without adding salt. the recipe contains soy sauce, which is already salty. Throw the cooked rice in a colander to drain excess water.
- Heat vegetable oil in a skillet, add vegetable mixture and fry for 7 minutes.
- Drive one egg into a skillet and stir quickly with vegetables until small lumps are formed.
- Add rice to the pan to the vegetables, stir and add 1 more egg. Stir quickly again so that it does not stick to the rice.
- Fry the contents of the pan for 5 minutes and pour in the soy sauce, hot pepper and ground ginger. Stir and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Boil the shrimp for 2-3 minutes, drain the water, and peel the shrimp from the shell, tail and esophagus. Add them to rice, eggs, and vegetables.
- Simmer rice with shrimps and vegetables in an egg for 2 minutes and serve.
