Rice with carrots, zucchini, and orange
Description
This dish will undoubtedly appeal to those who enjoy trying new and unusual flavor combinations. Prepared in an Asian style, it cooks very quickly, especially if you already have cooked rice on hand. Bright, refreshing in taste, and healthy, it will impress you and you'll end up making it more than once. Interested? Let me tell you how.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Soak brown (also known as unpolished) rice in cold water for a couple of hours. Then rinse and cook in salted water until done.
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Step 2
2. Peel the onion and carrots. It's very convenient to make vegetable strips using a vegetable peeler like this one.
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Step 3
3. Slice the onion into thin half-rings, and cut the carrots and zucchini into thin strip-like shreds.
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Step 4
4. Sauté the onion in vegetable oil over high heat until lightly golden.
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Step 5
5. Squeeze the juice from half an orange (if your orange is sweet, add a little lemon juice), and peel the remaining half and cut it into small pieces.
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Step 6
6. Add the vegetable strips to the onions and sauté, stirring, for a couple of minutes. Season with salt to taste. You can add a little aromatic herbs—basil or a Provence herb mix.
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Step 7
7. Add the juice and cook for another minute to a minute and a half. The vegetables should remain slightly crisp.
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Step 8
8. Add the rice to the vegetables, mix and heat for another minute.
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Step 9
9. Arrange on plates and add orange pieces. Delicious both warm and cold.