First read How to Cook Perfect Rice, then get started! Enjoy these recipes and make rice a part of your diet.
Start With ... Rice
- Rice Cooker Rice
Get the best results from your rice cooker with these simple instructions. - Italian Risotto
Add some spicy sausage, broccoli, and red pepper to risotto for a wonderfully flavored and colored easy main dish recipe. - Rice Pudding
Smooth, creamy, and custardy rice pudding is the ultimate comfort food. I like to serve it cold in ice cream glasses topped with drizzles of chocolate fudge and caramel ice cream topping along with some toasted pecans. - Spanish Rice Wrap Sandwiches
A rice and vegetable filling makes the perfect sandwich when wrapped up in some warmed flour tortillas. Use flavored tortillas for a nice change of pace. - Seasoned Rice Mix
Make your own rice mix and you'll always have some on hand. And you get to control the sodium content and the nutrition. - Chicken Risotto
I adore this recipe. It's rich, creamy, cheesy, and chickeny. Make sure that you make a lot, because leftovers are delicious made into: - Risotto Cakes with Tomato Sauce
These little cakes, creamy and melty on the inside and crisp and crunchy on the outside, are the best leftover recipe I know. - Chili Rice Casserole
This classic recipe combines rice with green chiles and cheese for a creamy, spicy, comforting recipe that can be the main dish at a vegetarian luncheon. - Shrimp Fried Rice
This recipe will rival your favorite Asian restaurant's fried rice. And because you're making it, you can load it up with as much shrimp as you want! - Tuna Risotto
Fresh spinach, lemon, and tuna add great taste and nutrition to this easy version of risotto. - Crockpot Caramel Rice Pudding
Sweetened condensed milk turns into the perfect caramel in this slow cooker recipe that uses leftover cooked rice. Yum. - Red Bean and Rice Salad
Rice is really delicious when combined with beans and vegetables in this simple main dish salad recipe. - Spicy Rice Meatballs
Rice, oats, bread crumbs, and wheat germ form the structure in these creamy and crisp little meatballs perfect served with spicy pasta sauce. - Palpettoni
Okay, this recipe is mostly about ground beef, but the creamy spicy rice filling is so good I just had to include it. You'll love it too! - Shrimp and Rice Salad
To make this recipe sublime, add some ripe avocado chunks to the combination of shrimp, rice, and crisp sugar snap peas. - Pressure Cooker Risotto
Making risotto in your pressure cooker not only saves time and elbow grease, but makes the perfect creamy dish. - Chutney Rice Fruit Salad
This spicy salad is a great addition to any grilled meat or fish recipe. - Pork Fried Rice
Pork loin, bacon, and mushrooms combine with rice in this quick and easy main dish recipe. - Potato and Basmati Rice Pilaf
This Indian dish is a great side dish for grilled meats, but it can also be a vegetarian main dish; your choice! - Italian Chicken and Rice
Keep the ingredients to make this simple recipe on hand and you'll never be without a meal in minutes.
In my article Rice Science I discussed the difference between amylose and amylopectin, the two molecules found in rice starch. Rice that is high in amylose has a lower GI number. Parboiled rice is precooked and processed to remove amylopectin, the molecule that makes rice sticky. So choose long grain rice, converted rice, and brown rice if you're concerned about the Glycemic Index.
Many of these recipes call for using leftover rice. You can plan for this by cooking a meal served with rice earlier in the week, then refrigerating the leftover rice to use in these recipes. Rice also reheats well; add 2 tablespoons of liquid for each cup of rice in a heavy saucepan. Cover and heat for 5 minutes on medium heat, stirring a few times during the reheating process, and the rice will be fluffy and ready to eat.
You can also freeze rice. Cool it completely, then package in 1-cup amounts in freezer bags. To reheat, just bang the rice on the counter a few times to break it up, then microwave for 1-2 minutes on high.
