3 Delicious Rice Dishes

Rice is a popular side dish and the basis of many great recipes. Here’s how to make delicious rice dishes you’ll love!

Rice is the most popular grain in the world and can be prepared in a variety of ways. Today we have three delicious rice dishes for you that you can easily cook. The whole family will love these recipes.

This cereal offers you countless possibilities, you can also easily adapt our recipes to your own taste. What are you waiting for?

Simple and tasty rice dishes

1. Delicious rice dishes: tomato and basil risotto

This recipe is of Italian origin. You probably already know that the Italian word for rice is risotto. This dish provides a variety of very healthy nutrients.

Basil gives this rice dish the typical Italian flavor. But this herb also has an antioxidant effect. The tomatoes used for this are also good for your health!

ingredients

1 medium onion (70 g)
1 tablespoon of salt
2 medium tomatoes (120 g)
200 g white rice
1/2 sprig of basil leaves
2 tablespoons of butter
1 tablespoon of black pepper
120 ml vegetable stock
4 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese (190 g)

preparation

First remove the seeds from the tomato, then peel and dice the tomato.
Fry the onion rings in the butter until golden brown and then add the white rice.
Then add the vegetable stock and the chopped basil. Let everything simmer for 7 minutes, stirring constantly.
Once the rice is cooked, add the tomato and grated cheese.
Let it simmer over a low heat and add more stock if necessary.

Finally, you can serve and enjoy the delicious risotto.

2. Delicious rice dishes: “Surf and Turf” paella

There are many delicious rice dishes, but this one is particularly well-known and popular in almost all of Latin America. The difference to traditional Spanish paella is small, but there are different regional variants.

This paella is called “Surf and Turf” because it combines both seafood and white meat (chicken). The perfect combination of vitamins, minerals, protein and omega-3.

ingredients

6 prawns (150 g)

1 tablespoon of salt
1/2 chicken, cut into pieces (400 g)
4 medium Norwegian lobsters (120 g)
2 large tomatoes (200 g)
12 fresh mussels (125 g)
Squid pieces (200 g)
350 ml fish stock
1 tablespoon of olive oil
300 g white rice
1/2 tablespoon sweet pepper (25 g)
1 tablespoon of garlic powder (25 g)

preparation

Heat the oil in a pan and add the rice.
Then fry the shrimp and lobsters for 40 seconds and turn the heat down.
Next, sauté the chicken, squid, and clams. Always remember to stir. Be very careful with the squid.
Keep stirring the ingredients for three or four minutes until cooked.
Then add the vegetables and tomatoes and fry them briefly.
Add the garlic powder and pepper, mix everything well, then pour the fish stock over all the ingredients.

Let the rice cook for 20 minutes.
Then you can let the dish cool down briefly and serve.