This super easy but delicious veggie rice is perfect to use any leftover rice or veggies that need use. You can add or switch for other veggies, there’s no right or wrong. Can you even add chicken or salmon? Yes, of course! The secret here is in the creamy sauce! Tomatillos are a golden ingredient to have at home. They are so tasty, citrusy, and bright. They are the base of many Mexican salsas and dishes. This is an excellent opportunity to include them as a lovely Mexican Twist in your everyday meals.
Creamy Cilantro-Tomatillo Sauce
-3 Tomatillos
-3 garlic cloves
-1 cup roughly chopped coriander
-1 tbsp olive oil
-½ cup cream Fraiche
-salt & pepper to taste
-vegetable oil
1 Add the tomatillos, coriander, garlic, olive oil, and creme Fraiche to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
2 Add a light drizzle of oil o a saucepan and bring up the heat to medium. Pour the sauce and cook for 10 minutes until it thickens a bit.
Easy Veggie Rice
-2 cups rice, cooked *we used wholegrain rice but white is good too
-2 cups mixed veggies. We used courgette, red onions, and red pepper, all finely diced
-1/2 cup leftover Spiced Chickpeas, you can find the recipe here. *optional
-olive oil, the necessary
-Adobo Seasoning, to taste
-coriander, roughly chopped
-crumbled feta cheese
1 Toss the diced veggies in a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil and seasoning to taste.
2 While the rice is cooking, place the chopped veggies in the air fryer and roast until they start to char. We did ours for 12 minutes at 160C. Stir halfway. Check often to get them to the point you like.
3 Alternatively, place veggies on a single layer on a roasting tin and bake for 20 minutes at 180C. Check often and stir halfway.
4 Mix the roasted veggies with the rice still warm in a bowl and garnish with fresh coriander. Serve with plenty of cilantro-tomatillo sauce to taste.
Note
- If you are using leftover rice, you can easily make a stir fry instead. Add some oil to a frying pan and fry the veggies for a few minutes. Add then the leftover rice and make sure it cooks with the veggies for a few minutes before serving.
- We served our rice over leftover half-roasted butternut squash and it works wonderfully well together with pomegranate seeds for a touch of sweetness and crumbled feta cheese.
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