Rice with vegetables is a very tasty and healthy dish. It is especially easy to prepare it for those housewives who have at their disposal such an assistant as a multicooker. Having this device in the kitchen, you do not have to worry about the process of preparing ingredients that will not burn, do not stick together, but will turn out to be crumbly and very appetizing.
Possible Ingredients
Even inexperienced cooks should not be intimidated by the large number of ingredients in this dish, since a slow cooker, in principle, does not care what to cook. She will do it quickly and without any complications or additional effort.
In addition, rice cooked in a slow cooker can later be used both as an independent dish and as an excellent side dish for meat or fish. So, in order for rice with vegetables to please not only the stomach, but also the eye, it is better to take bright vegetables. For the preparation of this dish, sweet bell peppers, carrots, onions are suitable - all one at a time. You can also add a few handfuls of canned peas and corn.
In addition, you will need 1-1.5 cups of long-grain rice (enough for 3-4 servings), 4 cups of water, 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil, as well as salt, pepper, herbs and other spices, seasonings and herbs to taste, which you love.
Cooking rice with vegetables
It is not necessary to soak rice when working with a multicooker, you just need to rinse it well. Wash the bell peppers, peel and cut into thin strips, treat carrots in the same way, cutting the vegetable into thin strips. For onions, cutting into small cubes is best, but greens (especially rough parsley) must be chopped very carefully.
Then vegetable oil is poured into the multicooker bowl, rice is poured first, then vegetables and after these ingredients peas and corn. You can cook all the ingredients in layers and mix at the end of cooking, but you can also mix them in advance with salt and pepper. After that, the ingredients are poured with water, the "Buckwheat" mode is set on the multicooker (depending on the model, it may be "Groats"). Typically, the cooking time for such a dish is about 40-45 minutes, and it is best to sprinkle the herbs already when serving, since inside the multicooker it will boil down and become not very appetizingly boiled.
This recipe is optional, you can remove or add vegetables to and from it, according to your own taste and preferences. Moreover, it will be relevant for people who monitor their weight. In this case, it is definitely worth excluding peas and corn and you can add stalks or celery root or something else. But this dish will definitely delight your eye, very satisfying, tasty and aromatic, and crumbly rice from a multicooker will become a complete and tasty meal.
