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Rice Recipes
Mai-Kero
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Straightforward.
Does anyone know of some good (and cheap; I'm trying to think of things to make on my shitty student + first apartment budget) recipes involving rice?
Does anyone know of some good (and cheap; I'm trying to think of things to make on my shitty student + first apartment budget) recipes involving rice?
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Just take some cooked rice (it's usually better when it's 1+ days old), put it into a frying pan, let it get hot, throw some soy sauce on it and stir. Then (what I do) is put 1 small can of tuna into another frying pan, and heat it up (careful, if there is still enough water in it, it will splatter on you and it hurts). Let it heat up a bit and pour some teriyaki sauce on it. Once that's hot enough, mix it in with the rice. Then throw one egg into the pan you just cooked the tuna in, and let that "scramble". Once it's done to your satisfaction, throw it all together, put some spices in there, and enjoy.
Another one of my favorites is rice balls with teriyaki'd tuna. Just cook some rice, heat up some tuna with teriyaki sauce (I guess you don't even have to heat up the tuna or use sauce). Once the rice is done, soak your hands in salt water (to prevent the rice from sticking to your hands). Make a ball with the rice and attempt to put the tuna in the middle of it (it's hard to get this right. I still can't do it entirely perfect.). Once you have your balls made, pour some soy sauce on them and enjoy. Easy and delicious.
Toss it all in a wok or pan and toss it around for a while and you're good to go.
Hell one of my favorite things to do with rice is when the rice is just finished in the rice cooker, pop it open and dump in some beaten eggs and also some diced/chopped up cooked meat like chicken sausage. Mix it all up, using the heat of the rice cooker to cook the egg, and you're basically done.
If you can manage to add some Maggi Sauce (I'd google this), you'd be set.
As you can tell I am very, very stereotypically Chinese.
Rice + cooked chicken/pork and or beans (I like some good black beans, but really whatever your fave is).
Rice + a can of Campbell cream of mushroom soup makes a pretty good base for a hot dish... add in whatever else you feel like to this base (chicken, pork, beef, veggies). I've found it works best if you cook the rice first, then dump in the soup and other stuff, put in a dish, then heat in the oven for a little longer.
Rice + tortilla + cooked meat and maybe some other veggies + spices and cheese = a pretty damned good burrito.
Rice over Chili is also tasty (but chili is a recipe thread all its own).
I prefer Jasmine rice myself.. but you can experiment with almost any type for a variety of different flavors and texture.
What kind of rice you prefer comes down entirely to personal preference and what kind of foods you are making with it. I personally rarely eat anything other than short-grained rice (I like it nice and sticky).
If you're looking to experiment with different varieties of rice, go to your local Whole Foods. They sell a dozen different types of rice in bulk, so you can just grab a couple cups each of as many types as you want to try. If you don't mind the taste/consistency, buy brown rice - it's SO much healthier for you. Wild rice is also great, but since it has more character it's tougher to find stuff to do with it.
And if anyone is making sushi with anything BUT short-grain rice, you are at a lousy sushi joint.
I just throw a cup of rice in there, put some broccoli and carrots in the steamer basket, and when its all done i cover everything in teriyaki sauce. Its bomb
I was coming in here to post exactly this. Cheap, fast and easy (talking about the dish here, perverts).
One thing I like to do is fry the meat and vegetables in light soy sauce - sometimes with a little brown sugar added to the mix - before I throw in the rice and eggs. Very tasty indeed.
The oil you're going to use will also give off flavour. I personally prefer peanut oil for this particular dish.
You can replace the chicken/indian with any sort of beef stew-ish substance. Also, nearly everything you would eat on pasta noodles, you can eat on rice and fully enjoy.
Maggi sauces are awesome if they're available to you.
I also like to top with bread crumbs and bake for 30 mins for a different texture sometimes.
Cook the rice over low heat with a can of coconut milk and heavy cream.
Season with sugar and vanilla extract.
Mushroom Rice Pilaf
Dice an onion, a small pack of mushrooms, and two cloves of garlic.
Heat a large, straight sided pan that has a cover over high heat.
Add oil and mushrooms, and leave them until they begin to brown on the bottom.
Shake and stir, and leave it again. When the mushrooms are mostly brown, lower the heat.
Season the mushrooms with salt and add the onion. Immediately season the onions with
more salt. Cook the onions until they are translucent and soft. Add a dash more oil and
two cups of rice. Stir until the rice is coated with oil and listen. It will begin to pop.
Pour in one quart of heated chicken stock, stir, and check for salt. Bring it to a boil, lower
the heat, and cover. Steam for ten to fifteen minutes and devour.
Any kind of curry.
Teriyaki.
you can throw pretty much anything in a pot of rice as its cooking to add to it.
one of my favorite meals as a bachelor was to get a box of goya yellow rice, saute up some sausage and some veggies, i added clams and shrimp but you do whatever. add after rice is done and voila, semi instant paella
one rice dish i make recently is to substitute a can of coconut milk for the water, you still might need more water or coconut milk depending on flavor. throw in some fruit (mango pinapple, etc.) makes a nice smooth fruity side. be careful with salt in this