{"id":1672,"date":"2020-09-30T17:09:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T22:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/savoury-rice"},"modified":"2024-05-26T18:46:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T23:46:54","slug":"savoury-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/savoury-rice","title":{"rendered":"One Pot Savoury Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Savoury Rice - An easy one pot recipe with diced chicken breast, vegetables, long grain rice that is a delicious alternative to basic cooked rice and perfect as a main dish or side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Savoury Rice with Chicken and Vegetables<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes when we went something like a rice dish that is full of flavour, we rely far too often on processed and packaged items wrongly assuming they are quicker and easy to cook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you can actually create some of these things yourself from scratch and it often doesn't take much more time\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tips for quick and easy cooking<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you have some spare time on your hands and know you have a few things you are cooking this week, diced and prep your vegetables in advance, most vegetables that are diced up in advance will keep well in a tub for a few days in the fridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or you can even freeze in handy portion sizes for recipes in tubs of freezer ziplock bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are even some freezer bags of diced vegetables you can buy at the grocery story to keep in your freezer, for those moments when you want to add some healthy vegetables to a meal, but are exhausted after a day at work and really do not feel like standing there and chopping up vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Couple of things to bear in mind though when buying these, is to check the ingredients, make sure there is nothing calorific added like oil, sugar, sauce etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vegetables for Savoury Rice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this recipe I use onions, the usual ginger and garlic, and then some carrots, celery, peppers and spring onion and then some sweetcorn. These are vegetables I have on hand pretty much every week and are a great combination to add to this savoury rice recipe to bulk it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But really any vegetables work well in this dish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some other great vegetables are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mushrooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chopped Baby Corn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peas (not actually a vegetable, these are more a legume, but a great addition all the same)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small Broccoli Florets<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shredded Vegetables (like cabbage, kale etc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing to be careful with thought when you adjust any ingredient in a recipe is to watch the quantity as it can affect the overall final result. If you do replace on vegetable with another, just try to keep it to the same amounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Protein in Savoury Rice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I always try to add some kind of protein to whatever I am making, especially if its being enjoyed as a main meal. Protein has great filling power that will keep you fuller for longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you often find yourself really hungry in between meals, look at what you are eating meal times, is there enough protein included with a healthy portion of vegetables?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the protein in this savoury rice, I went for some diced chicken breast, but some other great options instead are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n