Flavoured Rice Recipes

CHICKEN FLAVORED RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium heat
• Add rice and pasta.
• Stir constantly to make sure the rice and pasta don't burn.
• Cook until the pasta is light brown.
• Add water and spices and stir well.
• Turn heat to high and bring to a boil.
• Turn heat to low and cover pan.
• Cook 15 minutes or until all the water is absorbed.

BUTTERY SEASONED RICE

Steps:

• Place all Rice ingredients in a large saucepan and give it a stir.
• Bring to simmer over medium high heat (edges bubbling, entire surface rippling), put the lid on and turn stove down to medium low (LOW for strong stoves). It should be simmering gently.
• Cook for 13 minutes - do not lift lid!
• Tilt pot then QUICKLY peek to ensure all water is absorbed.
• Remove from stove, stand 10 minutes with lid on.
• Add butter and fluff rice with a rubber spatula. Serve!
• Storage - please read Note 4.
• Rice cooker - Same ingredients, water and rice ratio. Pop it all in your rice cooker and cook per manufacturer directions, stir through butter at end.

FLAVOURED RICE

Steps:

• Wash Rice in a bowl several times until the water is no longer starchy.
• Heat up the butter in a medium size pot.
• Add Onion & Stir through washed Rice quickly (just so that they are coated with Butter).
• Add Water.
• For the perfect amount of water for cooking time, put water into pot with rice and use your middle finger, rest the tip of the finger on top of rice (not bottom of pot) and stop water level once it reaches the first crease/part the finger e.g. the whole tip of finger.
• Add spices.
• Bring to the boil, stir thoroughly.
• Do not boil for long just bring to the boil then reduce heat.
• Reduce heat to simmer and put lid on the rice.
• Keep on low heat until all the water has evaporated.
• Remove spices and serve.
• Cooking time is approximate and depending on how much rice you are cooking, but is very quick to make.

FLAVORFUL RICE

Steps:

• In your rice steamer combine the water, rice, olive oil, vinegar, basil, oregano, salt, pepper and tomatoes. Cook according to steamer's settings.

ORANGE-FLAVORED RICE

Steps:

• Place a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the olive oil and rice, and cook until the rice smells toasty, about 3 minutes. Add the chicken stock and half of the orange zest and juice. Bring to a boil, stir once more, then cover and reduce the heat to low. Simmer until tender and the liquid has been absorbed, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand, still covered, for 5 minutes. Stir the remaining orange zest and juice into the rice, and garnish with the green onions.