{"id":9001,"date":"2020-06-05T11:59:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=9001"},"modified":"2020-06-05T12:01:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T17:01:35","slug":"dirty-rice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=9001","title":{"rendered":"Dirty Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I love one skillet , one pot type of meal . Sometime we get busy doing things ,and with quarantine over with , we have no time to mess around too long in the kitchen . Even if i do have the time , i prefer something easy and quick to prepare and less mess , which means less dishes to do . Don&#8217;t we agree ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This dish i called , dirty rice , because it&#8217;s basically i use pretty much whatever i have on hand as far as vegetable . The protein , i use either ground turkey or ground beef , i am sure it&#8217;ll be okay to use ground chicken as well . I tend to use the lean or extra lean for the protein . Then the rest i just play around with whatever veggies .. mushroom , bell pepper , onion and garlic are pretty much a must in every dishes , sometimes i throw in corn , or edamame , and canned diced tomatoes . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So anyway .. here we go ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients : <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>140 grams brown rice , cook this , half way done , then set aside . If you choose to use quinoa , u don&#8217;t need to precook it , as quinoa cooks a lot faster than rice .<\/li><li>1 lb extra lean ground turkey , or extra lean ground beef <\/li><li>8 grams of olive oil <\/li><li>1 large bell pepper , any color , diced <\/li><li>1 small package mushroom , i like to use baby bella , quartered <\/li><li>200 grams onion , sliced<\/li><li>3 garlic cloves , minced<\/li><li>1 jalapeno , or cayenne pepper <\/li><li>1\/2 cup of frozen sweet corn kernels <\/li><li>14 oz diced fire roasted tomatoes <\/li><li>garam masala<\/li><li>cumin<\/li><li>salt and pepper<\/li><li>fresh chopped cilantro <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directions : <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>i like to start my rice at the same time , brown rice takes up 25-30 minutes to cook , and i cook my rice half way done , then i shut off the stove until it&#8217;s ready to be transfered into the skillet . <\/li><li>In a large skillet , heat up the olive oil . <\/li><li>Add in all the vegetables , except for corn and cilantro , they go in last . <\/li><li>Cook the veggies for few minutes , probably until the onion started to become translucent . <\/li><li>Add in the protein source ( beef or turkey or chicken ) , add the spices , i don&#8217;t have the exact measurement for garam masala and cumin , start with 1-2 tbsp garam masala and go from there , with cumin i&#8217;d start about 1 tsp . If you like you can add a little of chicken cube too . <\/li><li>Add the canned tomatoes , bring to boil&nbsp; , add the half cooked rice , cover , simmer for 15 minutes or longer , by the time it&#8217;s done , water should be almost all gone , absorbed by the rice . Remember , If you use quinoa , you don&#8217;t need to precook it , quinoa will cook a lot faster than rice . <\/li><li>Add the corn during the last minute and cilantro . <\/li><li>Done <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200603_184435-01-2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200603_184435-01-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200603_184435-01-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200603_184435-01-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200603_184435-01-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200603_184435-01-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200603_184435-01-2-1140x855.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love one skillet , one pot type of meal . Sometime we get busy doing things ,and with quarantine over with , we have no time to mess around too long in the kitchen . Even if i do have the time , i prefer something easy and quick to prepare and less mess , which means less dishes to do . Don&#8217;t we agree ? This dish i called , dirty rice , because it&#8217;s basically i use pretty much whatever i have on hand as far as vegetable . The protein , i use either ground turkey or ground beef , i am sure it&#8217;ll be okay to use ground chicken as well . I tend to use the lean or extra lean for the protein . Then the rest i just play around with whatever veggies .. mushroom , bell pepper , onion and garlic are pretty much a must in every dishes , sometimes i throw in corn , or edamame , and canned diced tomatoes . So anyway .. here we go .. Ingredients : 140 grams brown rice , cook this , half way done , then set aside . If you choose to use quinoa , u don&#8217;t need to precook it , as quinoa cooks a lot faster than rice . 1 lb extra lean ground turkey , or extra lean ground beef 8 grams of olive oil 1 large bell pepper , any color , diced 1 small package mushroom , i like to use baby bella , quartered 200 grams onion , sliced 3 garlic cloves , minced 1 jalapeno , or cayenne pepper 1\/2 cup of frozen sweet corn kernels 14 oz diced fire roasted tomatoes garam masala cumin salt and pepper fresh chopped cilantro Directions : i like to start my rice at the same time , brown rice takes up 25-30 minutes to cook , and i cook my rice half way done , then i shut off the stove until it&#8217;s ready to be transfered into the skillet . In a large skillet , heat up the olive oil . Add in all the vegetables , except for corn and cilantro , they go in last . Cook the veggies for few minutes , probably until the onion started to become translucent . Add in the protein source ( beef or turkey or chicken ) , add the spices , i don&#8217;t have the exact measurement for garam masala and cumin , start with 1-2 tbsp garam masala and go from there , with cumin i&#8217;d start about 1 tsp . If you like you can add a little of chicken cube too . Add the canned tomatoes , bring to boil&nbsp; , add the half cooked rice , cover , simmer for 15 minutes or longer , by the time it&#8217;s done , water should be almost all gone , absorbed by the rice . Remember , If you use quinoa , you don&#8217;t need to precook it , quinoa will cook a lot faster than rice . Add the corn during the last minute and cilantro . Done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":9007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9001"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9012,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9001\/revisions\/9012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}