Six Amazing Chinese Rice Recipes That You Will Make Again and Again

rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: bulgur

Quinoa offers more protein while bulgur is often less expensive.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: tamari

💰Cheaper: coconut aminos

Tamari is gluten-free while coconut aminos is lower in sodium.

Rinse 1.5 cups of jasmine rice to remove impurities and excess starch.

Add 2 cups of water to the rinsed rice in a pot and bring to a simmer over high heat.

Cover the pot and reduce heat to low, cooking for 18 minutes.

While the rice is cooking, discard the roots of the scallions and dice them into ½ inch-long pieces.

Add the diced scallions, 4 slices of ginger, 4 cloves of garlic, and 3 tbsp of peanut oil to a food processor and blend until fine.

Transfer the blended mixture to a wok and stir over medium heat for a few minutes to activate the fragrance.

Season the mixture with 1 tsp of salt and black pepper to taste, then turn off the heat.

Once the rice is done cooking, fluff the grains and mix with the scallion sauce until no white rice is visible.

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