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fancy rice

by Renee Muller | July 29, 2019 | 20 comment(s)

Fancy Rice: The Side Dish You Need To Prepare Today for Yom Tov

Looking for the perfect side you can simply pull out of the freezer? This rice dish couldn’t be easier. 

Everyone always needs a good side dish. Especially on erev Yom Tov, with many many meals coming up, the urge to diversify and keep things pretty and different is real. This rice side dish does that and more. It is seriously delicious, easy to prepare, pretty enough that it will give that oomph next to that plated brown roast and, get this, it’s FREEZER-FRIENDLY! 

fancy rice

Whaaaatttt?! 

I know. Rice. Frozen. 

Trust me, it works. 

I love how this recipe will make enough for a few meals (and for that friend who inevitably will come to raid your freezer, you know who you are) and you don’t need much of it on a plate to make it pretty. 

And the name, you ask? It was coined by my children who decided it was too fancy to be tasty and then quickly changed their minds. 

fancy rice

4.0 from 4 reviews
Fancy Rice
 
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Ingredients
  • 6 cups cooked rice of your choice (I like to do a mix of wild rice and basmati rice, but it’s really up to you; leftover rice works really well too!)
  • ½ box angel hair pasta
  • 2 carrots, julienned
  • Few tablespoons of oil, for sauteing
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. In a large saute pan, heat about 3 tablespoons of oil. Break the raw pasta noodles in half and then in half again so that you end up with smaller pieces. Toast the pasta in the oil stirring from time to time, for a total of about 5 minutes. You want the pasta to get a toasted, golden color. Remove the pasta with a slotted spoon and place to drain on paper towels.
  2. In the same pan, add another 2 tablespoons of oil and toss the julienned carrots, until just softened a bit.
  3. In a large bowl mix the rice, toasted pasta and the carrots. Taste and add salt and pepper if needed, to your liking. Divide into 4 small containers, label and freeze.
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To serve just place covered in oven until warmed through. This side dish will defrost and warm up well at any temperature. You can also rewarm it on a hot plate, if preferred.

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: chanukah, freezer friendly, pareve, purim, rosh hashanah, shavuos, side dishes, stove top, sukkos

Renee Muller

Stylist Renee Muller is a trailblazer in the food and lifestyle styling industry. Her cookbook “Our Table” cookbook debuted in 2016,  setting the bar in cookbook food styling (since then, she's brought her style to many more books!). With her own European upbringing, she’s still getting accustomed to raising American-born kids (and the concept of takeout). You can follow her on Instagram @reneemullerstyling or view her work on her website www.reneemuller.com.

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Comments

  1. Deena says

    July 29, 2019 at 5:31 am

    how long will this freeze well for?

    Reply
    • Renee Muller says

      July 29, 2019 at 11:07 am

      Hi! it lasts really well in the freezer. I’d say up to two months no problem. Obviously its delicious fresh too!! but, we are all about the convenience, aren’t we?

      Reply
  2. chavie gifter says

    July 29, 2019 at 5:43 am

    How do you reheat it?

    Reply
    • Renee Muller says

      July 29, 2019 at 11:08 am

      Hi! we added the reheating instructions underneath the recipe. Thank you for pointing that out!

      Reply
  3. Lelia Wagner says

    July 29, 2019 at 8:37 am

    Do you cook the rice the. Add it to the other? How long do you bake
    It al l for? And what temp?

    Reply
    • Renee Muller says

      July 29, 2019 at 11:09 am

      Hi! All the details are in the recipe. It doesn’t get baked once mixed, just reheated as necessary.

      Reply
  4. Melissa says

    July 29, 2019 at 8:50 am

    I can’t wait to make this. I love rice all kinds of rice

    Reply
    • Renee Muller says

      July 29, 2019 at 11:10 am

      Me too! this recipe is great for all rice lovers and pasta lovers too!

      Reply
    • Julia says

      September 15, 2019 at 8:52 pm

      Is the pasta supposed to hard and crunchy?

      Reply
  5. Suri says

    July 29, 2019 at 9:19 am

    Looks fancy! Does the pasta wilt/soften after freezing/reheating?-

    Reply
    • Renee Muller says

      July 29, 2019 at 11:16 am

      Hi! it does soften a bit but its still delicious and adds another element to the bite

      Reply
  6. R says

    July 29, 2019 at 3:48 pm

    will this be good with brown rice?

    Reply
    • Renee Muller says

      July 29, 2019 at 4:36 pm

      Absolutely!

      Reply
  7. Esther says

    July 30, 2019 at 4:34 pm

    How does the pasta actually get cooked after being toasted? Since it is being mixed into cooked rice, does it absorb enough moisture to become edible?

    Reply
    • Renee Muller says

      August 2, 2019 at 8:47 am

      Something like that, I guess. It’s delicious. That’s all I know 🙂

      Reply
  8. Jennifer says

    August 4, 2019 at 9:41 am

    Hi! The only seasoning is salt? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Renee Muller says

      August 4, 2019 at 10:56 am

      pretty much! but feel free to taste and adjust to your liking!

      Reply
  9. Deena says

    August 7, 2019 at 8:52 pm

    Ok, i just finished making this and its absolutely heavenly delicious…. We can’t stop “tasting it” i hope I’ll actually get to put some away in the freezer too….

    Reply
    • Renee Muller says

      September 23, 2019 at 11:06 am

      that is awesome! enjoy!!

      Reply
  10. c Feldman says

    January 19, 2022 at 5:25 pm

    How much in weight is half a box of pasta?

    Reply

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