Pesto italian rice
Pesto italian rice

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pesto italian rice. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

As the rice cooks, it acts like a sponge, absorbing all those delicious flavours. Where risotto, the classic Italian rice dish, is wet and creamy, pilaf is light and fluffy. This Italian rice dish, with concentrated bursts of flavour from sundried tomatoes and basil pesto, is bright and vibrant. Place all in a rice cooker cover rice with water.

Pesto italian rice is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Pesto italian rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pesto italian rice using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pesto italian rice:
  1. Make ready 4 cups boiled basmati rice (boil with salt)
  2. Take 1 cup chopped basil leaves chopped
  3. Prepare 1/2 cup sweet corn
  4. Get 1/2 cup spinach leaves chopped
  5. Prepare 1 cup diced exotic vegetables ( tricolour pepper broccoli etc
  6. Prepare 1 diced onion
  7. Get as required Chopped garlic ginger and green chillies
  8. Get 1 tbsp mixed hetbs
  9. Take 1tsp oregano
  10. Take 1tsp chilli flakes
  11. Take 1/2 cup grated cheese
  12. Prepare as per need Olive oil for cooking

Parsley pesto matches well with French cuisine. I love to serve pesto rice as a side dish. Here are some of my favorite mains to serve it with: Baked Turkey Meatballs - Healthy and easy meatballs with Mediterranean flair. Chicken Spedini - Grilled or baked Italian chicken skewers.

Steps to make Pesto italian rice:
  1. Heat olive oil in a pan. Saute ginger garlic and green chillies add diced onions.
  2. Add corn, basil leaves spinach and cook for 2 mins. Add exotic veggies and let it cook for 2 mins. Add a little salt. Add rice oregano chilli flakes and mixed hetbs
  3. Mix it well. Add grated cheese and cover it and allow it to cook for 2 mins till cheese melts. Your yummy italian rice is ready

Here are some of my favorite mains to serve it with: Baked Turkey Meatballs - Healthy and easy meatballs with Mediterranean flair. Chicken Spedini - Grilled or baked Italian chicken skewers. Mediterranean Baked Cod - Light and lean white fish. Chicken Marsala Without Wine - Chicken breasts in a creamy mushroom sauce. Or, use Minute® Rice Brown Rice as the base for any number of great recipes.

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