Rice with meat

With all the variety of rice dishes, be it pilaf or rice with meat, perhaps common to all cuisines of the world is “rice is simmered in water and absorbs it.” According to the book - development of allowance in absorbed water. This is how pilaf and just rice with meat are prepared.

This principle is used to prepare pilaf, risotto, paella, etc. From time to time it is very difficult to find the line between two similar rice dishes. But the use of different spices, oils, cooking methods, cooking times, and also different types of rice makes, it would seem, similar dishes completely different.

Last year we were on vacation with friends on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, we go there often. One evening in the island part of the town of Nessebar, right on the street near the restaurant, we saw a huge, no, just a giant frying pan on a stand, in which paella was being cooked. Although we ate pasta with meat back then.

The essence of paella (Spanish: Paella, paeya) is a dish of rice, tinted with saffron, with the addition of olive oil. Seafood, vegetables, chicken, sausage, meat, etc. are added to paella. The name comes from the Latin word patella (frying pan). Variants of paella “black rice” are prepared with the addition of cuttlefish and “ink”, “rice with crust” are the most traditional for Spain.

For paella you need a huge flat frying pan. You need rice, and, as Russians say when they prepare Italian pizza, and Italians say when they prepare Russian Olivier salad, you need everything that is in the refrigerator.

Frankly speaking, cooking real paella at home in the kitchen doesn’t seem likely, and I don’t like the richness of the saffron dye, and I won’t say anything about the cuttlefish ink.

Therefore, let’s not arrange an exam for ourselves, but let’s prepare what we can do and what we literally like - rice with meat, simple and affordable, no more difficult than preparing risotto with onions.

Ingredients for rice with meat

Rice 1 cup
Beef 400 g
Onion 1 piece
Garlic 1 head
Olive oil 50 ml
Roots for broth (carrots, parsley, celery) optional
Saffron (turmeric, marigold, curry), reddish sweet paprika, salt, ground dark pepper, bay leaf to taste

How to cook rice with meat

Wash meat, sliced veal and remove films.

Cook a strong broth from a whole piece of meat in water, without adding salt

Fry 1-2 cloves of garlic

Immediately fry the chopped onion in oil. Fry with constant stirring until soft

Place on fried onions, washed and dried rice

Add a little salt and pepper to the broth, add 0.5 tsp. sweet ground paprika and remaining unpeeled garlic cloves

Pour into the frying pan about 1.5 cups of meat broth remaining after cooking the meat

While the rice is cooking, cut the boiled beef into very small pieces

Mix boiled beef with cooked rice

Place rice and meat on a plate and serve

Rice with meat

Recipe contents:

Ingredients
Step-by-step production
Video recipe

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Making rice with meat

1. Rinse the meat, strip it of films, veins, fat and cut into pieces about 4 cm in size. You can choose any type of meat you like best. Also remove the amount of fat at your discretion - if you prefer fatty foods, leave the fat, cut off the most dietary ones.

2. Place the rice in a sieve and wash under running water. Wash it under 7 waters to wash off all the gluten. When the water becomes clear, it means it is ready. This is necessary so that the grains of rice are crumbly.

3. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and add the meat. Fry it over high heat, stirring occasionally until golden brown. The pieces will be covered with an appropriate golden crust, which will retain all the juice inside the meat. Cook it for about 15-20 minutes.

4. Later, throw the rice into the pan.

5. Wash the garlic cloves without peeling them and place them in a frying pan. Add peppercorns, saffron and ground pepper.

6. Stir the ingredients and fry over medium heat for 10 minutes.

7. Fill the ingredients with drinking water so that it covers them all one hundred percent.

8. Boil, cover the pan with a lid with a hole to allow steam to escape, reduce the temperature to the lowest setting and cook the food for about 15 minutes so that the rice steams.

9. Turn off the heat, let the food brew for 15-20 minutes, then stir and serve for dinner.

Watch also the video recipe on how to cook rice with meat.

A savory and satisfying rice dish with meat in a frying pan

Production time: 1 hour

Number of servings: 6

Nutritional value per 100 g:

Calories: 153 kcal. ,
Proteins: 14 g.
Fat: 9.9 g.
Carbohydrates: 15 g.

Rice, like other cereals, must definitely be included in the diet. They provide the body with carbohydrates - substances that give the body energy, fiber, vitamins and mineral salts, macro- and microelements. Meat is considered an ideal addition to rice - they mix well in any form; if the rice is cooked separately as a side dish, then the meat is boiled, fried, stewed, with gravy or sauce. You can cook them together. Rice with minced meat, for example, in cabbage rolls and dolma, is no less tasty. A popular recipe is rice cooked with meat in a frying pan. The dish is easy to prepare, it turns out filling and very tasty, suitable for lunch or dinner. You can supplement it with any vegetables.

Ingredients

The type of meat, like rice, does not matter in this dish. It could be chicken, turkey, beef, pork. Rice groats - to choose from: long, round, steamed, brown and even exotic varieties.

The following products will be useful:

rice – 2 cups;
pork – 0.6-0.8 kg;
1 carrot;
1 onion;
1 tomato;
several branches of spicy herbs;
2 tbsp. tomato paste or ketchup;
0.5 tsp sweet paprika;
50 ml soy sauce;
0.5 tsp spices for meat;
vegetable oil – 3-4 tbsp;
bay leaf – 2 pcs.;
salt, ground pepper.

Manufacturing

Start cooking rice with meat in a frying pan by preparing the pork. Cut the meat into small pieces, heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan and fry the pieces over medium heat, stirring occasionally. No need to add salt.

Rice grains are washed several times, then filled with water and left to collect water.

While the meat is fried, cut the carrots, onions and one small tomato into cubes. The recipe for rice with meat can be supplemented with vegetables: zucchini, eggplant, bell pepper, broccoli. The taste will become more interesting, the dish will be healthier.

Add vegetables, ketchup, paprika, spices, a sprig of herbs and bay leaves, soy sauce to the semi-finished meat, stir, pour in about 100 ml of boiling water.

Cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. At the same time, bring water to boil for pouring. You will need 3 cups of it.

The sauce for the dish is almost ready.

Drain excess water from the cereal and spread it over the pork with a spoon, no need to stir.

Salt - about 1 tsp. without a slide, carefully pour in boiling water, cover with a lid and cook for 15-20 minutes at the lowest heat level.

During this period of time, all the moisture will be absorbed. Then leave the pan without heating for another 10 minutes. During this period of time, the rice will “arrive.” The dish can be served, supplemented with the freshest vegetables and herbs.

Using the step-by-step photo instructions given to us, you can quickly and deliciously cook rice with meat in a frying pan.

I have long since started cooking rice and other cereals in a slow cooker. It’s very simple, you don’t have to watch it all the time, just set the appropriate mode and that’s it. The meat according to this recipe comes out very tender and juicy.

Thanks for the rice dish recipe. The recipe is unique, so I'll try it sometime. I think it will turn out very tasty!

Rice with meat - the best recipes. How to cook rice with meat correctly and deliciously.

The tradition of cooking rice with meat came to us from the East; the Persians first invented this kind of dish; later the tradition spread throughout Central Asia and further to the West.

Nowadays, there are hundreds of options for dishes, the main ingredients of which are rice and meat. Culinary recipes include not only spices and hot seasonings, but also vegetables, dried fruits, nuts and other ingredients. You can cook rice with meat on a caster, stove, oven or in a classic Russian oven.

Rice with meat - preparation of goods

When making rice with meat, it is very important to choose the right products that will become the basis of the dish. Lamb is perfect for rice; you can eat pork and beef, but veal is not recommended, it is very soft and warm. The rice should be hard and transparent; if you take it too boiled, you will end up with a nasty porridge. Before cooking, rice should be washed a couple of times in cool water, and, if necessary, cleaned of low-quality grains and impurities. The meat is cut into small pieces and fried in vegetable oil. Rice is added after the meat is half cooked.

Rice with meat - preparing dishes

Typically, rice with meat is cooked in cast iron, a duck pot, clay pots or a baking dish. In recent years, glass containers used in the oven or microwave have become quite popular; their use in making rice with meat is also very important.

Recipe 1: Pilaf

Pilaf is one of the more popular dishes, which includes rice and meat. The special taste of pilaf is formed by various types of seasonings; you can also add dried apricots and prunes. In the East there are dozens of recipes for a common dish, we offer a recipe for 1 of them.

Recipe 2: Rice with meat, mushrooms, cabbage and sweet peppers

Rice mixes well not only with meat, but also with vegetables; it’s amazing that mixing these components allows you to get a tasty and fragrant dish.

Ingredients:
- 400 grams of meat (pork, lamb, beef, in this case you can even eat veal);
- 400 grams of rice;
— 200 grams of champignons;
— 500 grams of fresh cabbage;
- 2 sweet peppers;
- 1 liter of meat broth;
- 1 onion;
- 1-2 cloves of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 1 teaspoon reddish pepper;
- salt.

Manufacturing method

Cut the meat into small cubes and fry in vegetable oil, add finely chopped onion, shredded cabbage, reddish sweet pepper rings, mushrooms, salt, pepper and garlic. Fry for 10-15 minutes, then transfer to pots, fill with broth and place in the oven for half an hour.

The rice is cooked separately until half cooked, then washed, dried and placed in a pot with meat. Place the dish in the oven for a couple more minutes.

Recipe 3: Rice with chicken

Chicken meat is even lighter and less nutritious than lamb, pork or beef, and its use does not greatly affect the family budget, so rice with chicken is a very important and popular dish.

Ingredients:
- 300 grams of chicken fillet;
- 3 cups rice;
- 100 grams of ham;
- 3 sweet peppers,
- 2-3 onions,
- 4 tablespoons of sunflower oil,
- several tablespoons of tomato paste;
- hot pepper,
- salt.

Manufacturing method

Fry onions and bell peppers in sunflower oil, add small pieces of meat, salt the dish and simmer for 15 minutes. Next, cubes of ham and boiled rice are added, the dish is seasoned with sauce and put on fire for 3-5 minutes.

Rice with meat - useful tips from experienced chefs

To make rice dishes that require long-term heat treatment, use only crumbly varieties of rice.

To make the color of rice and its taste beautiful and rich, use spices and herbs (pepper, papraka, saffron).

The perfect meat for rice is lamb chop, followed by lamb shoulder or back, pork neck, and beef.