When Giada de Laurentiis made arancini on one of her TV shows, she rolled the rice balls in flour, dipped them in beaten eggs then rolled them in fine ...
Rice Recipes
Paella, jambalaya, kedgeree, risotto, pilaf, fried rice, congee, rice cakes, rice puddings and rice salads
Crispy Bacon, Wakame and Sesame Onigiri
Cook Japanese rice the usual way (with a rice cooker or on the stovetop), transfer to a shallow bowl and season a la sushi rice. Stir in chopped rehydrated ...
Shrimp Fried Rice With Broccoli and Cauliflower
As with most stir fried dishes, the prep time for this shrimp fried rice with broccoli and cauliflower is twice as long as the cooking time. But since it ...
Fried Adlai (Job’s Tears) A la Yang Chow
The thing about cooking fried rice is that you need to wait overnight for the rice to dry out before stir frying. Otherwise, the grains will just stick ...
Chili Chicken Fried Rice With Grilled Pineapple
If you've never tried grilling fresh pineapple until lightly charred, I urge you to do it soon. The flavor, the aroma, the texture... The caramelization ...
Garlic and Scallion Rice
There are days when I crave Chinese-style fried rice but there's no cold cooked rice to make it. What do I do? I improvise. For a quick lunch today, I made ...
Shiitake Fried Rice
In a discussion on Facebook, I came across a comment about how unfriendly to vegetarians Chinese fried rice is. There are always bits of Chinese sausage, ...
Alex’s Salmon Sinigang Risotto
If there is one good thing that came out of our not-so-good Foodtrip Marikina experience, it was finding ideas for new dishes or new takes on old dishes ...
Paella With Chicken and Chorizo
Paella will probably always be associated with seafood but there is an animal called mixed paella which can contain no seafood at all. This paella with ...
Salted Egg Chicharon Fried Rice
As it often happens, after a night of partying and ultra-indulgent food, I crave simplicity the next day. We hosted a lovely dinner party on Friday night—a ...
Coconut Pilaf
Yesterday was the third day of the New Year and we still hadn't consumed the leftovers from the New Year's Eve meal. We needed to take a break from eating ...
Seafood Arroz a la Valenciana (Filipino-style Paella)
Arroz a la Valenciana was a mainstay at family reunions when I was a child. My grandparents prepared it in a huge pan and there was usually more than ...
Herb-and-seed Fried Rice
Served as an accompaniment to the fried chicken spring rolls, this herb-and-seed fried rice bursts with the flavor and aroma of basil and thyme. And, with ...
Arroz a la Cubana
Back in 2003 when I first started blogging, I posted a recipe for arroz a la Cubana with a photo taken with my first digital camera — a point-and-shoot ...