Easy Vegetable Rice
⅓ cup dehydrated mixed vegetables
2 sundried tomatoes, cut into small pieces
½ white rice
2½ cup water
Combine vegetables, tomatoes rice and water in a rice cooker. Cook on white rice setting until done.
4 servings, 120 calories per serving
Hack: This recipe can be cooked on the stovetop in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, turn heat to low, cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until all water is absorbed.
Hack: Fresh, chopped vegetables can be substituted for dehydrated vegetables. Simply add 1 cup of your choice of fresh vegetables and one chopped tomato. Reduce water by 1 cup.
Hack: Leftovers can be used to make fried rice or rice omelette.
Hack: Leftover rice can be refrigerated for up to 5 days or frozen for up to 2 months. Place leftover rice while still warm (to retain moisture) in serving size containers and freeze for future use.
Super simple and healthy! Love it!!! I will definitely incorporate this from your review on Using Dehydrated Vegetables. I’ve been looking for a rice cooker have any in mind that you would recommend for perfect rice? I struggle with cooking rice on the stove. Could the dehydrated vegetables be cooked with the rice in a rice cooker?
Thanks.
This is the exact rice cooker I use and it does everything I want it to do for a very reasonable price! And I do add the dehydrated vegetables with the rice and water in this recipe. I have increased the amount of water normally used for rice to compensate for the hydration of the vegetables.
On some occasions, I like combining all together in a rice cooker. But on other occasions, I like to cook diced vegetables separately and add them to the rice just before serving. And I do this because rice typically takes about 20 minutes. And carrots take about 10, peas about 3 or 4, beans about 5.
I like meals that I can cook in the rice cooker when I’m feeling lazy but I get what you’re saying about the vegetables cooking faster than the rice. Since dehydrated vegetables take more time to hydrate and cook, throwing them in with the rice is a perfect solution, although it’s important to know that more water is required when cooking them from their dried state.