Amazing Vegetable Rice


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 5
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 510.3
  • Total Fat: 4.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 12.4 mg
  • Sodium: 671.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 108.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
  • Protein: 6.2 g

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Introduction

I invented this rice on the fly a few months ago and it has become a regular staple! We serve it with beef tips, 95% lean meatballs or chicken to add some protein, but it's delicious on its own! I invented this rice on the fly a few months ago and it has become a regular staple! We serve it with beef tips, 95% lean meatballs or chicken to add some protein, but it's delicious on its own!
Number of Servings: 5

Ingredients

    3 stalks celery, chopped
    1 vidalia onion, chopped
    2-3 carrots, chopped
    2 tbsp butter or margarine
    1 tub Knorr Homestyle Vegetable Stock (the gelatin kind in the tubs)
    3 cubes beef buillion (or chicken, depending)
    1 3/4 cups uncooked Jasmine rice

    Spices to taste: I use basil, black pepper, garlic powder, and sea salt. If we are serving it with beef, I also use a dash of Seasoning Salt.

Directions

In a large frying pan or wok, saute the chopped vegetables in the butter, and add spices to taste.

While the vegetables are cooking, boil water in a tea kettle for the bullion. Dissolve the vegetable stock in the pan with the vegetables and butter, and let the cubes soften in 2 cups of the boiled water.

Once the cubes have softened, add the water to the frying pan and bring it to a boil, then add the rice and cover the pan so that it will all cook together.

This is where the "off the cuff" nature of the recipe comes into play ... I generally stay near the stove and tend to the rice, stirring it every few minutes and seeing how it is coming along. Depending on the type of pan being used, I add another 1 & 1/2 - 2 cups of water to the rice as it cooks so that it will fluff up nice and soft, but I tend to play it by ear and see how it cooks. If there is too much water, don't worry - leave the cover off the pan for a few minutes and it will boil off without losing any of its flavor.

Serving Size: Makes approx. 5 servings of 1.5 cups each.

Number of Servings: 5

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LAKEDRUID.