Description
This is an easy and simple recipe that my 4-year-old daughter loves. It great lunch for a hot summer day.
Ingredients
- 1 splash olive oil
- 1 cup rice
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 head romaine lettuce leaves
- 1 dash soy sauce, or to taste (Optional)
- 1 splash lime juice, or to taste (Optional)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir rice in hot oil until golden brown
- 3 to 5 minutes; add onions and garlic and cook until the onion is softened
- 5 to 7 minutes more.
- Pour vegetable broth and water into the saucepan; bring to a boil
- reduce heat to low
- place a cover on the saucepan
- and cook rice at a simmer until tender and the liquid is absorbed
- 10 to 15 minutes. Fluff rice and cook 1 to 2 minutes more.
- Scoop rice mixture into lettuce leaves. Season with soy sauce or lime juice
- as desired.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 4