How to cook delicious rice as a side dish? To get a richer flavor of the cereal, the water in which the rice is cooked can be replaced with chicken or vegetable broth.
The aroma and delicate taste of rice will be emphasized by a piece of butter, spices and herbs. They must be added at the very end of cooking. The following spices are suitable for rice: curry, cumin, paprika, garlic, basil, saffron, ginger, fennel. The best choices would be dill, parsley, oregano, cilantro and thyme.
What to serve rice with? A side dish of rice goes well with meat and minced meat dishes, fried and baked fish, seafood, poultry, mushrooms and vegetables.
- To prevent the rice from being dry, sauces and gravies are served with it. Among the most popular:
- vegetable sauce made from carrots, onions and sweet peppers with spices;
- mushroom sauce with sour cream;
- sauce based on tomato paste;
- cream sauce with garlic; sweet and sour sauce;
- traditional for Asian cuisine soy and teriyaki sauce.
Thanks to its versatility, rice absorbs the flavors and aromas of additives well, making it a complete savory dish. The side dish includes the following ingredients:
- onions and carrots sauteed in butter – a universal and most budget-friendly dressing;
- baked zucchini, stewed green beans, broccoli;
- canned green peas and corn;
- nuts (pine, walnuts, cashews);
- fried mushrooms.
