Perfect Recipes
We've put together a range of quick and easy summer recipes just for you. And because we know you’d rather spend time in the sun than in the kitchen all our delicious recipes keep preparation time to a minimum.
Jewelled Rice Salad
Ingredients
- 1 x 250g pack Uncle Ben’s® Express Pilau Rice
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- ½ small red onion, sliced
- ½ red pepper, deseeded and sliced
- 40g (1½ oz) baby corn, cut into 1 cm pieces
- 40g (1½ oz) cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 40g (1½ oz) pomegranate seeds
- ½ tbsp freshly chopped mint
- ½ tbsp freshly chopped parsley
Instructions
Heat the rice according to the pack instructions then pour into a bowl and fluff up. Leave to cool slightly. Heat the olive oil in a pan and sauté the onion and red pepper for 3-4 minutes before adding the corn. Stir-fry for 3-4 minutes then stir into the rice. Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl and mix well. Serve at once.
Serves 2.
Prep/cooking time: 15 minutes.
Vegetable and Cashew Nut Pilaff
Ingredients
- 1 x 250g pack Uncle Ben’s® Express Golden Vegetable Rice
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- ½ red pepper, deseeded and cut into chunks
- 1 small leek (75g), halved and sliced
- 75g (2¾ oz) oyster mushrooms
- 50g (1¾ oz) sugar snaps
- 2 tbsp cashew nuts
- dash soy sauce
Instructions
Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan. Stir-fry the red pepper and leek for 2-3 minutes. Add the mushroom, sugar snaps and cashew nuts to the wok and stir-fry for another 2 minutes. Meanwhile, microwave the rice according to instructions. Season with a splash of soy sauce (optional).
Serves 2.
Prep/cooking time: 15 minutes.
Prawn Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 1 x 250g pack Uncle Ben’s® Express Chinese Rice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ stick lemongrass, outer leaves removed, finely chopped
- 2 cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 egg
- 175g (6 oz) prawns
- 2 pak choi, sliced
Instructions
Heat half the oil in a wok and stir fry half the lemongrass, ginger and garlic for 10-20 seconds. Add the egg and stir-fry until the egg is cooked - remove and keep warm. Heat the remaining oil and add the remaining lemongrass, ginger, and garlic. Stir-fry for 10 - 20 seconds before adding the prawns and pak choi. Heat the rice according to the pack instructions. Add the rice to the wok along with the egg and mix thoroughly before serving.
Serves 2.
Prep/cooking time: 20 minutes.
Stuffed Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 1 x 250g pack Uncle Ben’s® Express Mushroom Rice
- 25g (1 oz) butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 spring onions, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 stick celery, finely sliced
- 4 large flat mushrooms
- 1 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
- 25g (1 oz) cheddar cheese, grated
Instructions
Melt the butter and half the olive oil in a frying pan and sauté the spring onions, garlic and celery for 2-3 minutes. Cut the stalk for the centre of the mushrooms, chop them and add to the frying pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes then spoon into a bowl. Heat the rice according to the pack instructions, then add to the bowl with the freshly chopped parsley and mix well. Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan and lay the mushrooms, skin side down, into the pan. Spoon the rice mixture into each mushroom and cook for 4-5 minutes over a low heat. Sprinkle each mushroom with the grated cheese and place under a pre-heated grill for 4-5 minutes until golden and bubbling.
Serves 2.
Prep/cooking time: 20 minutes.
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