Tasty and practical: what can be prepared from boiled rice

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In our family, rice rightfully takes an honorable first place. For his livable character. It is able to create a harmonious pair with almost any other component, while becoming salty, sweet, spicy, and fresh.

And how nutritionists and weight loss consultants love rice! A week on rice boiled in four waters without salt - and a few centimeters are gone (however, it turns out to be a rare disgusting thing, after two days it simply doesn’t work anymore, and it’s harmful to lose weight so suddenly).

Conventionally, rice can be divided into water rice (cooked in water) and milk rice (cooked in milk).

If you have leftover milky rice porridge, then the best recipe is to pour jam on top and feed it to the children, calling it rice pudding for good measure.

Although, maybe it’s better not to name it, so that it doesn’t turn out like Alice in Wonderland, who couldn’t eat the pudding after they were introduced to each other.

"Water" rice can also be:

– White viscous

– White crumbly

– Colored viscous

– Colored crumbly

By the way, “milk” rice can also be colored if you throw in a couple of spoons of cocoa. My eldest daughter proudly called this porridge “chocolate”.

Any "water" rice has two uses: it can be reheated, or it can be used as a base for another dish.

Warming up.

A couple of years ago I discovered an extremely simple way to reheat all side dishes cooked in water. It is enough to add a little water to the pan with cereal or pasta and wait for it to evaporate over medium heat. Heating in a frying pan always leaves the feeling of reheated food, and with such express cooking the side dish turns out “piping hot.”

The basis for another dish.

Depending on your taste preferences and accompanying ingredients, you can get a huge variety of dishes.

Impromptu with salad

Long grain rice “Asian” “National” will be an excellent basis for a hearty salad. The main advantage of this long grain rice is that it retains its shape when cooked and does not stick together. The finished rice is fluffy and aromatic. For the salad, 100–150 g of ready-made rice cereal is enough. Cut 300 g of ham or carbonate into cubes. In the same way, cut 1 red bell pepper and 1 avocado. Season the salad with 1 tbsp. l. olive oil, sprinkle with lemon juice and garnish with a sprig of basil.

How to cook yesterday's rice

If you've ever cooked day-old rice from the refrigerator, you've probably noticed that it can become dry, lumpy, and even crunchy.
By the way, chefs love him for this. The moisture in yesterday's rice grains is concentrated inside, and the surface of the grains is dry. Therefore, when cooking, the rice grains are toasted rather than boiled, which is especially great for fried rice. This applies to long grain and short grain rice as well. As culinary genius Harold McGee in his book On Food and Cooking: Day-old rice is often hard... but softens easily when reheated to 70°C or higher, either with a little water in a pan or in the microwave.

Spiced rice with poached egg and yoghurt, see recipe here

Homemade rolls

The leftover boiled rice will make original rolls. It's great if it's highly sticky rice, such as National Japanese rice. Soft white rice is the basis of most Japanese dishes, which we also love, and is perfect for sushi, traditional gohan, chahan and other traditional dishes. For the filling, cut 1 peeled avocado and 1 fresh cucumber into thin strips. Place an even layer of rice on a sheet of nori seaweed and place the filling in the middle. Roll into a tight roll and cut into portions.

Is it possible to reheat yesterday's rice for cooking?

The short answer is yes. There are many worthy dishes, such as egg fried rice and Italian arancini , which are made with day-old rice. At the same time, food safety is of course of paramount importance. Rice is considered a high-risk food, and no one wants to play Russian roulette with it if they have food poisoning, so there are some rules to follow - read about them below.

Crispy arancini with bechamel sauce made from yesterday's rice, see recipe here

Crispy balls

Rice croquettes are another hearty snack option. Soft long-grain rice, such as National Jasmine rice, is suitable here. This is one of the best varieties of rice in the world. Snow-white fluffy rice “Jasmine” has a delicate and refined taste and milky aroma. Heat 150 ml of cream, melt 200 g of hard grated cheese, add 200 g of rice and a handful of chopped green onions. Knead into a homogeneous plastic mass, cool and form into even balls. Alternately roll them in flour, beaten egg and ground breadcrumbs, fry until crispy in a large amount of oil.

How to reduce the risk of reheating yesterday's rice?

If you see that you have leftover rice, the first thing to do is refrigerate it as quickly as possible. To do this, spread the rice in small containers or on a flat surface in a thin layer to quickly cool to room temperature and put it in the refrigerator. Storing rice at room temperature for long periods of time can promote the rapid growth of harmful bacteria, so do not leave rice in this state for more than 1 hour.

Store cooled rice in an airtight food container in the refrigerator or freezer. Yesterday's rice should be stored in the refrigerator for 3-5 days. If frozen, yesterday's cooked rice can be stored for a couple of months.

Reheat yesterday's rice that you stored in the refrigerator only once and serve hot (not warm, but hot).

Day-old Fried Rice with Shrimp, see recipe here

Quick pancakes

Boiled rice pancakes are easy and quick to prepare. Rice "Select" "National" will give them original flavor notes. Mix the dough from 200 g of cooked rice, 3 beaten eggs, 60 g of flour and 100 g of grated hard cheese. If desired, you can add pieces of ham, green onions or parsley. Heat a frying pan with oil, spoon in the pancakes and fry until golden brown on both sides.

Why is rice dangerous if it was cooked yesterday?

Rice, from a safety point of view, is more problematic than some other yesterday's preparations. It may contain bacteria called Bacillus cereus (“bacillus hay”). These are natural bacteria that can withstand high temperatures (from 5 to 55 ° C). The real danger occurs when the bacteria grow to a colony. This is possible if boiled rice is left at room temperature for a long time. When the bacteria grow, they produce toxins that cause food poisoning (diarrhea and vomiting) in humans.

Yesterday's rice with spinach and raisins, see recipe here

Peppers galore

Peppers stuffed with rice and vegetables do not require much time and effort. Rice can be anything. But remember that long-grain varieties, such as Golden or National rice, are best for dishes with fillings. Thanks to special steam treatment, the nutrients, minerals and vitamins contained in the shell enter the grain, increasing its nutritional value. We fry 2 onions and 2 carrots, add 300 g of tomatoes in their own juice, salt and spices, simmer for 5 minutes. Combine half the sauce with rice and stuff the peppers. Pour the other half into a saucepan, add a little hot water and simmer under the lid until cooked.

Pancakes with rice and onions

Flourless pancakes will diversify your usual diet. You will need:

• 500 grams of boiled rice;
• 2 onions;
• egg;
• a glass of semolina;
• salt;
• oil for frying.

Cooking steps:

1. Peel the onion and cut it into medium cubes. Mix with rice porridge and blend with a blender until smooth.
2. Then add the egg, gradually add semolina, add salt and mix thoroughly. Leave the mixture for half an hour to an hour until it swells. The dough should not turn out too liquid.
3. Heat a frying pan, pour a little oil, place the pancakes with a spoon and fry on both sides until golden brown.

This dish turns out to be very nourishing and tender and goes well with sour cream or mayonnaise.

Meatballs with cheese

Boiled rice just begs to be put into meatballs. If it is medium-grain rice “Adriatic” “National”, the dish will be much tastier. This is a soft variety of rice, the grains of which are able to absorb the tastes and aromas of all the ingredients that make up the dish during cooking. Therefore, the meatballs turn out colorful and very aromatic. Mix 500 g of minced meat, 100 g of cooked rice, fried onions and carrots, beat in an egg, salt and pepper to taste. We make meatballs, brown them in a frying pan, and then put them in a baking dish and put them in the oven at 200°C for 20 minutes.

White fluffy rice

This rice can be used for salad or made into colored fluffy rice.

Salad

It can be anything, rice goes well with shrimp and crab sticks, fresh cabbage or lettuce, and canned fish. This salad turns out to be very fresh: rice, fresh cabbage, canned corn, crab sticks, mayonnaise.

To make white rice colored,

You need to fry the grated carrots and finely diced onions in a separate frying pan. You need to fry until cooked, and then add rice to the vegetables and fry for about five minutes so that the rice absorbs the color.

The beauty of this method, in addition to the good idea of ​​​​using leftover rice, is that its final volume becomes almost twice as large due to vegetables, which means that there is enough side dish for everyone, even if there is not much rice left (by the way, according to Initially, colored rice is prepared using the same method).

As additives

Garlic (added at the very end), turmeric (seasoning), and curry (seasoning) have worked well with colored rice. Seasonings make the color of the rice even more yellow, and the dish looks very elegant and festive, and garlic fills it with a pleasant aroma.

Rice also loves to be heated in a frying pan where the chicken was previously fried. Of course, it turns out terribly harmful, but the taste of the rice becomes very deep.

Next option

- combine the remaining rice with vegetables that are sold in frozen bags (beans, cauliflower, peas, corn, champignons). This method is good if there is an acute lack of time. It's ready in about 10 minutes, but it looks like you've been busy at the stove all evening.

Particularly patient housewives can use rice for hedgehogs

(a kind of cutlet with meat, onions and rice) or
cabbage rolls
(meat with rice, stewed in cabbage leaves).

Quick soup

Ready-made rice will successfully complement homemade soups. If you are watching your diet, “Krasnodar” “National” round grain rice is the best choice for soup. It got its name in honor of the Krasnodar region, where short-grain rice is grown, traditionally included in the diet of Russian families. Saute the chopped onion and medium grated carrots in oil with a pinch of black and red pepper. Add 300 g of boiled chicken in slices, fry for 15 minutes, then pour in 1.5 liters of any broth and add 150 g of boiled rice. To make the soup richer, season it with sour cream and chopped herbs before serving.

As you can see, you can prepare a complete menu for the whole family from leftover rice. The main thing is that it is a top quality product, such as produced rice. It invariably pleases with its variety of tastes and benefits, which cannot be overestimated.

"Hedgehogs"

If you have boiled rice left, prepare “Hedgehogs” from it.
For a glass of boiled grain, take: - 300 g of minced pork and beef; - 1 egg; - 1 medium onion; - 2 tbsp. tomato paste; - 200 g sour cream; - 2 sprigs of parsley; - salt.

Chop the peeled onion as finely as possible or carefully grate it on a fine grater. Place rice, minced meat, onion in a bowl, add egg, salt, mix the mixture well. Dip your hands in water and form into round meatballs the size of a chicken egg. Next, you can boil or bake the “Hedgehogs”.

If you choose the first method, place the rice balls in a pan and pour boiling water into it. You need so much of it that it does not reach the top “Hedgehogs” by 4 cm. Make the sauce. After mixing sour cream with tomato paste, add a couple of parsley sprigs to the broth. Add salt to the water, skim off the foam, and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.

To prepare “Hedgehogs” in the oven, place them on an oiled baking sheet, pour in the tomato-sour cream sauce, place the baking sheet in the oven, preheated to 190°C for 25 minutes.

You can use the same minced meat to prepare stuffed peppers and cabbage rolls. To make the latter, cut the leaves from the cabbage and place them in boiling water for 2 minutes. Cool, add minced meat, fold the sheet from the sides, then fold it in half twice. Tie each cabbage roll with white thread, place in a wide saucepan, simmer in water with sauce for 25 minutes. Before feeding, carefully cut the threads.

Adviсe

Cooking rice may vary depending on the type of rice. Experienced housewives share the secrets of preparing delicious cereal dishes.

1. To prepare regular round rice, calculate 1 cup of cereal to 2 cups of water.
2. Chinese rice has an oblong shape and absorbs more liquid during cooking, so cook at the rate of 1 cup of grain to 3 cups of water.
3. Whole coated brown rice takes much longer to cook than other types. Calculate 1 cup of cereal per 2 cups of liquid. Please note that this is the type of rice grain that is considered the most beneficial for the body.
4. It is better to steam brown rice than to cook it the usual way. The finished product seems slightly undercooked, but overall very tasty. This cooking method allows you to preserve all the vitamins and minerals contained in the grains. Steaming porridge is much easier and faster than boiling.
5. Calculating the amount of rice in a dish is quite simple. One serving contains about 50–80 grams of cereal, depending on the recipe.
6. If you are preparing cereal for salad, use a large amount of water with added salt. After boiling, drain the porridge in a colander and rinse with cold water.
7. To prepare rice porridge, you should strictly observe the proportions of water and cereal. Otherwise, you will end up with either an overcooked or undercooked dish.
8. When preparing paella, you should first fry the seafood and cereal, and then add boiling water or hot broth to the pan.

Most people value rice for its high content of complex carbohydrates. They provide our body with energy. The special value of the product lies in the absence of vegetable protein - gluten. Rice dishes are especially recommended for people allergic to this substance.

The following video provides a recipe for cooked rice.

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Even after the most delicious family dinner, there are often leftovers, including boiled rice. Don’t rush to throw away the leftovers, because they can be put to good use. We share ideas for simple, interesting dishes made from cooked rice.

The nuances of eating raw rice

To achieve the desired result, nutritionists advise:

• eat rice without salt, sugar, spices and oil;
• while cleansing the body, drink a lot of liquid (plain or mineral water, green tea without sugar, hibiscus);
• Eat rice in the morning on an empty stomach.

But all of the above will be meaningless if you include fatty, high-calorie and sweet foods in your menu during the day.

Colored fluffy rice

Colored, fluffy rice is much easier to sell than sticky rice. It can be reheated by adding water, or it can be used in a salad.

I recently discovered another recipe.

sales of colored rice, quite exotic, I must say.

A regular salad is made from tomatoes, cucumbers, and red peppers. Colored rice (rice, carrots, onions) is added to this mixture, and then - attention! — a layer of seaweed for rolls is also added here. Just use your hands to tear off and place the pieces. The salad is poured with soy sauce, a little vegetable or olive oil and salt are added. It is mixed, and it turns out to be a kind of large crumbly roll.

Due to seaweed and soy sauce, this salad tastes exactly like a vegetable roll, and pieces of seaweed in the salad look like olives. Here's a little optical illusion.

Extremely good rice with mushrooms

, while rice can be either colored or white.
You need to fry the champignons with onions, then simmer for about five minutes along with the remaining rice - and the new side dish is ready. Delicious recipe!
Fried eggplant and tomato salad And these are just the simplest and most accessible Re-use recipes, which can always be complicated, supplemented and simply changed beyond recognition.

“The retinue makes the king” - the saying is exactly about rice.

No matter how inexpressive and insipid single rice is, it becomes so rich and tasty in the presence of other fellow products. Experiment, and let your culinary fantasies always cause only delight!

A good housewife knows the value of rice in her daily diet and knows how to cook it deliciously. It is beneficial for the gastrointestinal tract and the body as a whole. Experience shows that boiled rice is often left over after preparing your favorite dishes. Recipes that will take very little time to prepare will come to your aid.

When not to eat grains

Undercooked rice can be harmful to pregnant or breastfeeding women. For diabetes mellitus, it is also better to bring the product to full readiness.

For children, cereal is boiled at a temperature of 100 degrees for 15-30 minutes: it all depends on the variety. Then leave it for another 10 minutes to allow the cereal to infuse.

Such measures are necessary in order to:

• destroy bacteria;
• neutralize toxins;
• eliminate the consequences of pest activity.

All this accumulates during the process of growing, storage and transportation. Therefore, children should not be fed undercooked rice.

People should categorically refuse this gift of nature for the following reasons:

• individual intolerance to the product (which is extremely rare);
• a person has a lazy intestine;
• there is a tendency to constipation (there is a possibility of the situation worsening: the occurrence of cracks and hemorrhoids).

It is advisable to listen to the advice of experts in order to avoid problems.

Benefits for men

Not only women want to be beautiful and slim. At the end of the last century, the effect of selenium on the human body, especially men, was studied. Selenium and other substances contained in rice contribute to:

• the production of antibodies that protect against colds and infections;
• reducing the impact of harmful environmental influences, alcohol and alcohol;
• removing particles of heavy metals and poisons from the body.

In addition, selenium has a beneficial effect on the thyroid gland and is involved in the synthesis of testosterone, which increases the chances of paternity. Thanks to this substance, sperm become more mobile and their quality improves. This is perfectly reflected in the duration of sexual intercourse and sensitivity during intimacy.

By consuming undercooked rice, you can cleanse and heal your body. This will help you become more attractive, strong, cheerful and confident.