Best Rice Meldley Recipes

EASY VEGETABLE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet.
• Add onion, carrot, celery, and red pepper; cook 5 minutes or until tender.
• Add broth; bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice and peas; cover.
• Simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
• ****To save time, replace all the veggies with 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables or frozen broccoli florets and add them when you would have added the peas.

VEGETABLE RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the rice,water,soup mix and salt; bring to a boil.
• Add the vegetables; return to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Cook until rice and vegetables are tender.

BROWN AND WILD RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In skillet or saucepan add both rices, chicken broth and salt, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile mince the shallot. Combine the spices of garlic powder, onion powder and cumin. At 30 minutes stir the spice mixture and shallot into the rice and quickly return the cover so as to not let too much steam out.
• Continue to cook for 10-15 minutes more or until the broth is mostly absorbed. Remove from heat, leave the lid on and let it continue to steam for 10 minutes.
• Fluff and add chopped toasted pecans (or pistachios), green onions (reserve some green onions to top dish at the very end, just for looks) and butter. Mix and then add salt and pepper to taste.

SLOW-COOKER WILD RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Spray 3- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In slow cooker, mix all ingredients except pine nuts, cherries and parsley.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours or until wild rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle pine nuts in ungreased heavy skillet. Cook over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently until nuts begin to brown, then stirring constantly until nuts are light brown. Set aside.
• Just before serving, stir cherries and toasted pine nuts into wild rice. Sprinkle with parsley.

CROCK POT RICE & VEGETABLE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Saute the onion, carrots, celery and garlic, stirring occasionally, until the onion has softened (about 5 min).
• Add sauteed veggies to slow cooker.
• Add vegetable stock, rice, sun dried tomatoes, salt, pepper and saffron.
• Cover and cook for 4 hours on low until the rice is cooked and the liquid has been absorbed.
• Stir in the peas, peppers and lemon juice using a fork.
• Cover and cook on high for 15 minutes until hot and peppers are tender.
• Sprinkle with parsley.

BEEF AND WILD RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the garlic powder, thyme and cayenne. Sprinkle over beef., In a large saucepan coated with cooking spray, cook beef in oil until no longer pink; drain. Stir in celery and green pepper; cook 2 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in the water and rice mix with contents of seasoning packet. , Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 23-28 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in tomato; heat through. Sprinkle with onion.

WILD RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat.
• Add shallot; cook stirring occasionally until shallot wilts, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add rice mix, water, wine and thyme; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 20-25 minutes.
• Stir in water chestnuts, vegetable medley, and red bell pepper; cook stirring occasionally until heated through, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Place in serving bowl and garnish with parsley.

BROWN AND WILD RICE MEDLEY WITH BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Combine vegetable broth, wild rice, brown rice, and olive oil in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover with a lid, and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir balsamic vinegar, sherry, garlic, salt, black pepper, and cardamom into rice; cover with a lid and continue simmering until flavors start to combine, about 10 minutes.
• Stir black beans, mushrooms, cranberries, and parsley into rice mixture; continue cooking over low heat until rice is tender and mixture is hot throughout, 10 to 15 minutes more.

BROWN RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• 1. Brown rice - I recommend cooking good brown rice, which takes about 45 minutes. The flavor is much better than the minute brown rice. Another tip for more flavor is to cook the rice in half vegetable broth, half water. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
• 2. Prepare vinaigrette by whisking all ingredients together until well blended.
• 3. Drizzle dressing over rice, tossing gently to coat, until you achieve your desired saturation. Serve!

BISTRO BLEND RICE MEDLEY (MIX)

Steps:

• Combine ingredients in a bowl and transfer to an airtight container.
• To prepare: Place 2 cups of filtered water and 1 cup of the rice/grain mix in a saucepan. (Note: stock or broth can replace the water, depending on your menu.).
• Bring water to boil, reduce heat and simmer 50 minutes.
• Once rice is cooked, remove pot from the burner and set aside, covered for 15 minutes.
• If desired, season with salt and pepper. If you want to stir in a little bit of extra virgin olive oil to the rice, be my guest.

RICE MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first six ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove from the heat; add lemon juice. Fluff with a fork.