Savory Rice with Vegetables

Tastes like risotto - but faster, healthier, easier, and with more common ingredients.

Cooking Time:

1 hour 30 minutes

Cooking Method:

Sautée

Cuisine:

American

Main Ingredients:

brown rice · carrots · chicken stock · cumin · garlic · parmesan cheese · peas · rosemary · sage · stock · thyme

Yield:

6-8 servings

Recipe Category:

Side

Suitable for Diet:

Gluten Free
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savory rice with vegetables

Ingredients

1 small-medium yellow onion, diced small (1 1/2-2 cups diced)

3-4 carrots, diced small (~1 1/2 cups diced)

2-4 cloves garlic, minced

2 tbsp olive oil

1 1/2 cups brown rice (short or long grain)

3+ cups chicken (or vegetable) stock

3/4 tsp ground cumin

1/4 tsp dried thyme

1/8 tsp ground sage

1/8 tsp ground rosemary

1/4 tsp pepper

1 cup frozen peas

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in 2+ quart pot (use one with a lid) over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook ~5 min.
  2. Add garlic. Cook 2 min. Add carrots/rice. Stir to mix well.
  3. Add stock/cumin/thyme/sage/rosemary/pepper. Bring to a boil.
  4. Cover. Reduce heat to medium-low/low. Cook ~50 min, adding more stock/water if necessary.
  5. When rice is almost cooked and most liquid is absorbed, add peas. Cook 5-7 minutes.
  6. Add parmesan.