How to cook delicious black rice: recipes and cooking tips

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Black rice is quite an exotic product for Russian cuisine. And therefore, in most cases, the features and subtleties of its preparation by hostesses have not been studied. Further in the material, we will deal with how and what can be cooked from black rice.

Let's start with some important tips.

Helpful Cooking Tips

As well as the usual white rice, black rice is prepared in almost the same way.

The following list will help you choose a quality product and process it properly before use:

• When buying this cereal, pay attention to the composition. Quite often you can find a mixture of black and brown rice. This is not a bad indicator of the product, just dishes from it will be somewhat less useful in terms of a set of useful components.
• Before cooking black rice, be sure to soak it in cool water overnight.

• Also keep in mind when cookingthe dishes may stain, so think carefully about their choice.
• To cook soaked rice, boil water (1:3) and add grits there. Then cook on low heat for 60 minutes. Once it is ready, put out the fire and let it sit for 15 minutes without stirring.
• How delicious to cook black rice "Southern Night" or another brand? Add sesame seeds, nuts, beans or Japanese sauce to the finished dish.
• This cereal is best served as a side dish for meat, fish or vegetable dishes.
• Salads, appetizers and even desserts are made on its basis.

Next, you should figure out how to properly cook cereals in various ways.

Cooking on the stove

The recipe is actually quite simple. It looks like this:

• Pour cold s alted water over the rice so that it is twice the amount of cereal.
• Next, wait until the contents boil. Then cover with a lid and put on a small fire.
• Leave the grits to cook for 40 minutes.
• Once the water has evaporated, remove the dishes from the stove and leave to cool for 25 minutes.

How to cook Southern Night black rice in a slow cooker?

This method also requires pre-treatment of cereals. To do this:

• just like always, soak the grits overnight;
• pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil into the multicooker container;
• load grits;
• sprinkle everything with s alt and pour in cold water;
• close the multicooker and set the "Porridge" mode, it usually runs 40minutes.

Now that we've looked at how to cook wild black rice deliciously, let's move on to recipes based on it.

Black rice porridge

The easiest recipe ever. It is performed as follows:

• soak rice overnight and rinse before use;
• load the grits into a pot of s alted cold water;
• bring the contents of the pot to a boil;
• immediately after put a small fire and cover with a lid;
• cook the porridge for 40 minutes, until the water is completely absorbed;
• as soon as this happens, without removing the lid, remove the dishes to infuse for 25 minutes;
• then just mix the resulting porridge.

This method is also the answer to the question: "How to cook black rice for a side dish?".

Tuna salad

Let's figure out the cooking. For this dish you will need:

• a package of rice of the above brand;
• 150 grams canned tuna;
• 3 chicken eggs;
• 1 small onion;
• 100 grams of fresh cucumbers;
• 10 grams of arugula;
• 5 tablespoons olive oil;
• tablespoon of lemon juice;
• tablespoon of sweet mustard;
• s alt and pepper.

Recipe

Now let's figure out how to cook tasty black rice "Southern Night". It’s worth starting with the cereal itself:

• Rice is better to soak overnight, and before use, rinse in cold water withs alt and cook for 60 minutes.
• Eggs are hard boiled. Once cooked, cool and cut into small cubes.
• Put the tuna in a bowl and mash well with a fork.
• Divide the onion into half rings.
• Cucumbers also cut into small cubes.
• Before you can cook delicious black rice, you need to make the right dressing. To do this, olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, s alt and spices are mixed in a separate bowl. Shuffle.
• Once the rice is cooked, rinse thoroughly.
• Place a handful of arugula on a plate, top with rice, tuna, vegetables and eggs. S alt everything and mix gently so that it does not crumble.

Arancini with shrimps and mozzarella

Let's look at another interesting way to cook black rice deliciously. For it you will need:

• 300 grams of the indicated cereal;
• onion head;
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch;
• 3 tablespoons of water;
• garlic clove;
• 100 grams of mozzarella cheese, preferably in the form of balls;
• 50 grams of sesame seeds;
• 1 chicken egg;
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

Cooking method

Always soak overnight before cooking anything with black rice. After that:

• Rinse the grits, pour into a pot of cold water. Boil and cook over low heat.
• Remove the shell from the shrimp, remove the gut andrinse. Once peeled, cut into very small pieces.
• Heat a spoonful of olive oil in a frying pan, crush the garlic and put in the seafood. Fry for 5 minutes.
• Chop the onion finely.

• Heat another tablespoon of oil in a frying pan and fry the vegetable.
• Once the rice is done, let it cool down a bit.
• Dissolve the starch in water and add to the cereal. Once it has cooled, mix it together with the onion.
• Beat the egg in a separate bowl.
• Scatter the sesame evenly on the plate.
• Line a baking tray with special paper.
• Next, take a small handful of cereal and make it into a kind of bowl. Fold the seafood and mozzarella ball inside. Be careful not to get a slide.
• Using a second handful of rice, cover the filling and carefully shape into a ball.
• Dip the workpiece in the egg and roll in sesame seeds and put on a baking sheet.
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and cook the dish for 20 minutes. Then serve immediately.

Chicken soup with black rice

Let's consider further an example of a serious dish from this cereal. For its preparation you need:

• 100 grams of black rice;
• 120 grams of carrots;
• 3 small tomatoes;
• 2 bell peppers;
• 150 grams chicken fillet;
• 600 grams of water;
• 30 grams of butter;
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce;
• tablespoon of sesame seeds;
• eggs (half a boiled egg per serving of soup);
• green onion.

Cooking

Don't forget: before you cook black rice deliciously, it must be soaked in cold water for 8 hours. After that:

• Put the grits in a saucepan and cover with clean cold water. Bring the contents to a boil and then leave to simmer until fully cooked.
• Meanwhile peel the carrots and peppers and cut them into strips.

• Tomatoes hold for 2 minutes in boiling water, then transfer to a bowl of ice. Keep it there for another 5 minutes and remove the skin. After that, divide them into medium-sized pieces.
• Divide chicken fillet into small slices and pour in water together with carrots. All you need to cook on a fire of medium intensity for 3 minutes. Then strain the broth and add tomatoes to it.
• Put the previously selected chicken with carrots in a pan with melted butter. Fry both ingredients until lightly browned.
• Next, add pepper with soy sauce. Continue frying for 2 more minutes. Add sesame seeds, stir well and turn off the heat.
• Rice should have been cooked by now. Set it aside and let it cool down a bit. In the meantime, hard boil 2 eggs.
• After that, pour the broth into a bowl, put the fried rice, put half an egg and finely chopped green onions on top.

Chocolate black rice pancakes

Next, consider a rather unusual dessert. For himwill need:

• 50 grams of black rice;
• 20 grams of cocoa;
• 1 chicken egg;
• 15 grams of vegetable oil;
• 120 grams of milk;
• 200 grams of cottage cheese;
• 50 grams of cream;
• 50 grams of raisins;
• 60 grams of sugar.

Cooking a dish

First you need to prepare the cereal. Everything according to the standard scheme:

• Soak rice overnight and rinse before use. Next, pour it into a pot of cold water, bring the contents to a boil and continue to cook over low heat for 60 minutes.
• Then pour in the egg and process everything with a blender until a uniform mass is obtained.
• Transfer to a separate bowl and add milk, butter, vanillin and cocoa to it. Now all the ingredients need to be mixed with a whisk. Follow the procedure until all lumps are gone.
• Heat the frying pan well and immediately put on a small fire. Small pancakes should be baked.
• After the whole batch is ready, put it in the refrigerator for a few hours.
• In the meantime, mix cottage cheese, raisins and cream in a separate bowl. Blend the ingredients in a blender until smooth.
• Next, simply brush the top side of each pancake with the mixture, stacking them on top of each other. As soon as the filling and pancakes run out, put the resulting cake in the refrigerator or serve immediately.

Beetroot with black rice and squid

Consider the recipe for another rather unusual soup. For himrequired:

• 100 grams of black rice;
• 300 grams of beets;
• 1.5 liters of water;
• 300 grams of squid;
• 2 cucumbers;
• 4 quail eggs;
• a bunch of green onions;
• a small bunch of dill;
• vinegar or lemon juice;
• s alt;
• freshly ground pepper;
• sour cream.

Cooking

Now let's take a closer look at the entire process of implementing this recipe. To get started:

• Soak the rice overnight. Rinse in cold water before use and simmer until fully cooked.
• Wash the beets with a brush, cover with water and leave to cook until fully cooked.

• At this time, clean the squids and cut them into strips. Then send to boil in s alted water. When ready, pour into a colander.
• Cucumbers cut into small cubes.
• Onions and dill finely chopped.
• Quail eggs are hard boiled. Once they are ready, peel them and cut them into halves.
• Ready beets need to be cooled and peeled. After that, it is passed through a medium grater, poured with broth and lemon juice (or vinegar).
• Now pour the beetroot into the plate. Put quail eggs and two tablespoons of rice to it. The dish is topped with squid, chopped herbs and sour cream.

Black rice squid rolls

Speaking of rice dishes, one should not forget about almost traditional rolls. For their preparation you will need:

• 100 grams of black rice;
• half a tablespoon of sugar;
• half a teaspoon of s alt;
• 25 ml rice vinegar;
• 150 grams of boiled squid;
• 2 nori sheets.

Cooking

Now consider the implementation algorithm. First of all, you need to do the following:

Black rice is soaked overnight. Before use, it is washed and filled with cold water and brought to a boil. Next, you need to leave the product to cook on low heat for 60 minutes. Once it's cooked, let it cool

• Pour sugar into the pan, add vinegar and s alt. Heat everything and stir until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
• Then just put the cooked rice in and stir again.
• Boiled squid should be cut into thin strips.
• Divide both sheets of nori into halves. Put rice on each layer of half a centimeter.
• Further smooth and compact it with wet hands.
• Put a piece of squid from one of the edges of the sheet.
• Next, carefully roll the blank into a tight roll.