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Cashew rice is a fun dressed up rice dish that is the perfect side dish. It has lots of great color and texture.
We love rice as a side dish at our house. So quick to make and easy to add ingredients to complement your favorite dishes.
Cashew rice is full of delicious flavors and textures. The addition of red peppers, green onions, and mustard seed to the cashews and rice make this a flavorful side dish. Add some chicken and you have an entire meal.
Ingredients
- Jasmine Rice
- Water
- Vegetable Oil
- Cashews
- Red Bell Pepper
- Green Onions
- Yellow Mustard Seeds
- Garlic, minced
- Lemon Zest
- Salt
How to Make Cashew Rice
- Chop up red pepper, green onions, and garlic. Saute the mixture in some vegetable oil along with the mustard seeds until the veggies are tender.
- Make the rice in a rice cooker or in a pan on top of the stove according to directions on the package. Fluff with a fork.
- Combine veggie mixture along with lemon zest, cashews and rice in a bowl and stir to combine.
- Sprinkle with salt to taste. Serve warm or chilled.
Cashew Rice allows for a lot of flexibility. Use the veggies you have in your fridge, just chop them up small. You can also switch out the cashews for peanuts, almonds or hazelnuts. See how creative you can get. Not only does this rice have great flavor but I love the texture and the crunch of the veggies and nuts.
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Cashew Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cups Jasmine Rice
- 3 1/2 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp yellow mustard seeds
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 6 green onions chopped
- 1/2 red bell pepper chopped
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- lemon zest
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- In rice cooker or pan combine rice, 1 tsp salt and water. Cover and cook until done.
- Add vegetable oil to frying pan and add mustard seeds, cook for about one minute.
- Add in red pepper, green onions, garlic and cashews. Cook until red peppers are tender but not too soft. About 5 minutes.
- Fluff rice with fork and stir in vegetable/nut mixture. Add lemon zest and stir to incorporate. Add in 1 tsp salt if needed.
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Cindy says
I think chicken would fit well in here. In fact many oriental receipts or with rise do well with chicken.
Leigh Anne says
Chicken would be a perfect addition to this side dish.
Jordan says
Wow!
You have some really good looking recipes!
You make me want to cook!!!
Thanks for the yummy recipes!!
Kimmie says
This looks absolutely delicious! I’m always looking for new ways to cook up rice and serve it as a side or main dish!!
BTW…I was sitting right behind your kids at the Story@Home Conference this past weekend and I just LOVED your presentation. What an inspiring woman you are and I’m SO glad I know about your awesome blog. I’ve actually pinned a few things to Pinterest that I want to try and your running post was inspiring and I loved the quote you used on your Christmas Cards and the Indian Head-dresses your family wore at Thanksgiving. What a darling family you have!
Thanks for being the amazing woman you are and for inspiring us all to be better cooks, moms and wives and women!
Leigh Anne says
Kimmie – I hope my kids were behaving themselves! So glad you found my blog and hope you’ll visit often!!
Heather @ new house, new home, new life says
This dish seems to have solved a problem for me – what to take to the end of year bonspiel (curling) potluck?
Andrea the Kitchen Witch says
So many colors in that rice, I love it! It’s visually pretty as well as tasty I’m sure. Cashews in rice is one of my favorites. YUM! Great side dish idea!!