Rice pizza, dumplings, soufflés and more. You’ll never throw away leftover rice from the day before again.
Rice is a food present in the lives of practically all Brazilians. There isn’t a day of the week that we don’t consume this carbohydrate that lives in our hearts.
Be it traditional, with beans, or even with chicken and pasta for the more daring. If there’s a barbecue going on, you can’t miss white rice with vinaigrette. There’s only one problem with rice: there’s always leftovers and, in the end, we never really know what to do with leftover rice.
In the middle of the week, when we need to prepare our daily meal, every now and then there is a “ton” of rice left over, and many people end up throwing it away. The truth is that there are many possibilities of what to do with this “leftover”.
Women’s Area has separated seven delicious, easy-to-make recipes with leftover rice. Are you tired of not knowing what to do with your leftovers? Discover this now and change your kitchen life forever.
Check out 7 delicious recipes to use up leftover rice
1 – Meat ball and leftover rice
Ingredients
- 500 g minced meat on the tip of a knife (very finely chopped)
- 120 g leftover rice
- 2 sliced chilli peppers
- 1 chopped red onion
- Leaves from 1 sprig of mint, chopped
- 1 ovo
- 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs (plus more for dusting)
- Salt to taste
- Frying oil
Way of doing
Mix all the ingredients – except the breadcrumbs and oil – and mix until it comes together and is ready to roll. Then coat in breadcrumbs and fry in hot oil. Okay, now just place it on the paper towel, which will absorb the oil, and your meatloaf and leftover rice are ready.
2 – Shaped rice
Ingredients
- ¼ cup bacon, cut into cubes
- 2 tablespoons of oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 200 g of smoked Calabrian sausage in half moons
- 1 can (200 g) of drained peas
- 1 can (200 g) of drained corn
- ¼ cup basil leaves
- 1 can (340 g) of traditional tomato sauce
- 4 cups of rice cooked with seasoning
- 1 cup cream cheese at room temperature
- 100 g grated parmesan
- Salt if necessary
Way of doing
Start by frying the bacon in oil over medium heat until golden brown. Now add the onion and sauté until you see it is soft. Now add the sausage and fry until lightly browned. Add peas, corn, basil and tomato sauce. Stir and bring to a boil. Now, in a bowl, mix the cooked rice with the tomato and sausage sauce, cream cheese, parmesan and salt.
Pour all of this into a central cone mold (24 cm) greased with oil. Cover with aluminum foil and bake in a preheated medium oven (180°C) for 10 to 15 minutes or until heated through. Unmold and serve.
3 – Rice souffle
Ingredients
- 2 cups of cooked rice
- 3 excited
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1 and ½ cup of milk
- Sal
- 3 egg whites
- 1 tablespoon grated cheese for sprinkling
Way of doing
To begin, grind the rice, adding it with the egg yolks, margarine, milk and salt to taste, and always beating after each addition. Then, without beating, incorporate the egg white, mixing quickly, without completely “breaking” the egg white.
Place in 4 greased ramekins, sprinkle with cheese and place in a preheated medium oven (180ºC) for 30 minutes. Now just eat it warm.
4 – Crispy rice
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons of milk
- Salt and black pepper
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- 4 cups of rice cooked with seasoning
- 200 g diced smoked turkey breast
- ½ cup sliced green olives
- ¼ cup chopped green onion
- 1 pot (220 g) of cream cheese, slightly warmed
- 1 box (200 g) of cream
- 1 package of straw potatoes (340 g)
How to make
Beat the eggs with milk, always seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. Then heat the oil over medium heat and pour in the egg mixture. Cook them, stirring occasionally, until firm but creamy. In a large bowl, combine cooked rice with turkey breast, olives, green onions and scrambled egg. Mix the cream cheese with the cream and add it to the rice.
Pour into a medium-sized pan greased with oil, cover with aluminum foil and place in a preheated medium oven (180°C) for 15 to 20 minutes. Cover with straw potatoes and serve. You will love.
5 – Rice au gratin
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon of onion
- 1 clove of garlic, squeezed
- 2 tablespoons of oil
- 1 cube of vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 cup diced red pepper
- ½ cup chopped olives
- 1 cup diced zucchini
- 3 cups of cooked white rice
- margarine spread
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- ½ cup of milk
- 50 g coarsely grated cheese
Way of doing
Start your recipe by browning the onion and garlic in oil, and always adding the crumbled chicken broth. Add the pepper, olives and zucchini and sauté for about 2 minutes. After this operation, remove from the heat, add the cooked rice and spread everything into an English cake pan greased with margarine. Beat the eggs, add the parsley and milk and distribute over the rice. Sprinkle the grated cheese and bake in a preheated oven (220ºC) until the egg is cooked and the cheese is browned. Then just unmold and serve.
6 – Rice pizza
Ingredients (dough)
1 cup of milk (tea)
½ cup (tea) oil
2 eggs
2 cups of cooked rice
2 tablespoons grated parmesan
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon of baking powder
How to make it (dough)
Mix all the ingredients and blend them together in a blender, and then pour into a greased and floured pizza pan. Place in a preheated medium oven (180 ºC) for around 20 minutes. Your pizza dough is ready, now you can make the filling with whatever you prefer.
7 – Rice sandwich
Ingredients
Massa
- 2 excited
- 1 pot of natural yogurt (170 g)
- 2 tablespoons of milk
- 2 cups of cooked rice
- 2 tablespoons of wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 egg whites
- Butter for greasing
Chicken filling
- 1 cup shredded chicken (tea)
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- Chopped parsley and salt to taste
Egg filling
- 2 grated boiled eggs
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil
- Chopped parsley and salt to taste
Carrot filling
- 1 cup grated carrot
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons cream cheese
- 1 shallow cup of ricotta
- Salt to taste
How to do it
Beat the yolks with the yogurt, milk, rice, flour and salt in a blender. Transfer to a bowl and incorporate the egg whites. Now place it in a rectangular pan (33 x 21 cm) greased with butter and floured. Place in a preheated medium oven (180°C) for around 20 minutes. Unmold it hot and let it cool.
To prepare a sandwich, cut the rice dough into 4 equal rectangles and assemble by interspersing rectangles of dough with the chicken, egg and carrot fillings (just mix the ingredients). Cover with mashed potatoes and decorate as desired.
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Source: Ana Maria Braga
Image: RP10 Tips from a Woman Kitchen Guide, Edu Guedes
