Quick Veggie Rice

Our Quick Veggie Rice is a tasty, healthy, vegetable packed rice dish that's ideal for serving alongside loads of different family dinners! 

Our quick and easy Veggie Rice is totally loaded with colourful tasty vegetables.

It's a great way of squeezing in a portion or two of your five-a-day.

And best of all it's super easy to make and ready in less than 15 minutes. 

AND the kids love it!

Veggie Rice Ingredients

• 1 cup rice - use long grain or basmati

• 1 tablespoon olive oil - you can swap this for rapeseed or sunflower oil if you prefer

• 1 red onion - finely chopped

• 2 red peppers - diced

• 1 cup frozen peas

• 1 cup frozen sweetcorn

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• Salt and black pepper - to season

Equipment Needed

• Cup

• Chopping board

• Vegetable knife

• 2 x saucepans - with lids

• Colander

• Teaspoon

• Spatula - or wooden spoon for cooking

How To Make Veggie Rice

• Cook the rice as per the packet instructions - this should take around 10 minutes.

• Cook the frozen peas and sweetcorn as per the packet instructions

• As the rice, peas and sweetcorn cook add the olive oil to a large frying pan over a medium heat.

• Toss in chopped peppers and onions and fry until all the vegetables are softened.

• Sprinkle over the teaspoon of cinnamon powder into the onions and peppers and mix well.

• Drain the rice, peas and sweetcorn using the colander and tip into the veggies, stir gently to mix everything together.

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Mix Things Up A Little And Make Veggie Rice Your Way

• Throw in whatever veggies you like - try diced courgette, aubergine, spring onions, spinach all work well. 

• Add in some fresh chopped herbs - coriander, flat leaf parsley and chives are all good. 

• Skip the cinnamon altogether or switch it for ground cumin, smoked paprika or even a little pinch of curry powder.

• Stir through a couple of tablespoons of your favourite pesto to add some extra flavour - I like to use the Sacla Sun Dried Tomato Pesto for this recipe.

• Don't fancy cooking rice? Cheat and pick up a couple of microwave rice sachets, pick any flavour you fancy.

How To Serve Veggie Rice

• Serve alongside grilled chicken or fish.

• Serve as a side dish as BBQs

• To serve as a main course dish add in some peanuts, tofu, chicken pieces or just top with poached eggs. 

• Goes great with our air fryer chicken breast foil packets

More Tasty Healthy Side Dishes To Try

• Roast Squash And Feta Couscous

• Greek Orzo Pasta Salad

• Vegan Potato Salad

• Herb And Butter Rice

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