Basmati Rice with Mushrooms
Preparation and cooking time: 20 minutes or whatever your package says
Sautéed onions and mushrooms perk up fragrant Basmati rice for a lovely side dish. Make with vegetable stock or water for a vegetarian version
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Basmati rice, 90gr, 3.2oz
- 1 cup (8oz, 250ml) chicken stock,225gr, 8oz
- 1/2 tsp basil
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 2oz (60gr) mushrooms, 60gr, 2.1oz
- 1/2 onion, 90gr, 3.2oz
- 1 clove garlic, 3gr, .1oz
- 2 tsp butter, 9.5gr, .34oz
- 1 tsp olive oil, 4.5gr, .16oz
Instructions:
- Heat 1 tsp butter in a small skillet.
- Add rice and sauté, stirring for 2 - 3 minutes.
- Add stock and herbs, cover and cook rice for length of time on package.
- While rice cooks: Chop onion, mushrooms and mince garlic.
- Heat remaining 1 tsp of butter and oil in small skillet.
- Add onion and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and mushrooms and sauté until everything is light brown, about 10 minutes longer.
- When rice is done, combine with mushroom/onion, fluff with a fork and serve.
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| Nutrition Information Recipe serves 2 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 477 / 238.5 Total Carbohydrates: 82 / 41 Dietary Fiber: 3 / 1.5 Total Fat: 13 / 6.5 Saturated Fat: 6 / 3 Cholesterol: 27 / 13.5 Protein: 11 / 5.5 Calcium: 42 / 21 Sodium: 420 / 210 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements in this color are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale
and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
