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Recipes with rice (or other grain)

Yaki onigiri sprinkled with aonori

Yaki onigiri

If you think that rice can’t be a stand-alone dish, yaki onigiri will change your mind.
And, get this, adding butter to yaki onigiri during the last stage of cooking adds a lovely layer of richess to the rice.
Cook time: 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Sausage and tomato rice

Sausage and tomato rice

In the Philippines, this sausage, egg and rice dish might be called chosilog — a portmanteau of chorizo, sinangag (fried rice) and itlog (egg).
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 people
Mexican red rice (arroz rojo)

Mexican red rice (arroz rojo)

Traditionally cooked with medium-grain rice, aged Basmati rice is used here for its capacity to soak up more of the flavorful cooking liquid.
Cook time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
White rice, Mexican-style (arroz blanco)

White rice, Mexican-style (arroz blanco)

Aromatic with just a hint of seasoning, the rice is cooked in chicken broth with a bit of lime juice for tang. It's the perfect accompaniment for meat, chicken and seafood main courses.
Cook time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Sticky rice pearl meatballs

Sticky rice pearl meatballs

Seasoned ground pork is formed into balls, rolled in soaked sticky rice and steamed until the rice grains puff. Chinese pearl meatballs make a delicious and filling snack.
Cook time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 24 balls
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