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Creamy rice with confetti peppers

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  • Prep Time10 mins
  • Total Time10 mins
  • Makes6 1/2 cups (1.625 L)
*PLUS Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice

  • 284-mL can undiluted chicken broth

  • 1 tsp tarragon leaves

  • 1/2 red bell pepper

  • 1/2 yellow bell pepper

  • 1/2 green bell pepper

  • 1 green onion

  • 1 cup 18% cream

Instructions

  • In a large saucepan, stir rice with undiluted chicken broth, 1 soup can of water and tarragon. Bring to a boil. Stir, then cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer 15 minutes.

  • Meanwhile, finely chop peppers. Thinly slice onion. Once rice has simmered 15 minutes, stir in cream. Cover and continue to simmer until most of liquid is absorbed, 5 minutes.

  • Remove from heat and stir in peppers and onion. Taste and sprinkle with a pinch of salt, if you wish. Spoon into a serving bowl. Excellent with our Greek Chicken Ragout.


Nutrition (per serving)

Calories 222, Protein 6.7g, Carbohydrates 37.6g, Fat 4.6g, Fibre 0.9g, Sodium 309mg.

Here's an easy risotto-like side dish flecked with colourful red, yellow and green peppers and tarragon. It looks gorgeous and takes much less work than a traditional recipe.

Make Ahead

Prepare dish, then refrigerate until cold. Cover and refrigerate up to 2 days or freeze up to 1 month. Defrost before reheating. (It will take 2 days to defrost in the refrigerator.) If rice is too dry, use a fork to stir in more milk, water or broth, 1 tbsp (15 mL) at a time, while reheating, until rice is as creamy as you like.

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