Catherines Magic Green Tea Rice Food

GREEN TEA RICE

Steps:

• Place tea bags in a 4 c measuring cup and cover with 3 c water. Steep 7-10 minutes and discard the tea bags.
• Combine rice, garlic, ginger, and tea in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Cover pan, reduce heat to medium low, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Add frozen vegetables and cover pan again. Cook 5-10 minutes more, or until tea is absorbed and vegetables are hot and crisp-tender. Stir in green onions and sesame seeds and season with salt and pepper.

CATHERINE'S MAGIC GREEN TEA RICE

Steps:

• Place the rice in a pan or bowl with the lemon juice and water to cover and soak overnight, or for at least 8 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Drain the rice in a fine-mesh sieve and rinse well under running cold water. Put the rice in a 2-quart casserole dish or other baking dish with a fitted lid. Pour the tea and broth over the rice, add the salt, and carefully stir. Cover and bake for 40 to 60 minutes, until the rice is tender and has absorbed all of the moisture. Fluff with a fork, then add the scallions and fluff again.
• variation
• If you'd rather cook this dish on the stovetop, here's how: Bring the tea and broth to a boil in a saucepan, then stir in the rice and salt. Lower the heat, cover, and simmer for 25 minutes. Check the rice, and if there are steam holes in the top, it's ready; if not, cook for about 5 minutes more. Remove from the heat, fluff with a fork, then add the scallions and fluff again. This recipe also works well in a rice cooker; just add all of the ingredients and press the cook button.
• storage
• Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 5 days, or in the freezer for 1 month.
• nutrition information
• (per serving)
• Calories: 175
• Total Fat: 1.1g (0g saturated, 0g monounsaturated)
• Carbohydrates: 36g
• Protein: 3g
• Fiber: 2g
• Sodium: 330mg
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TEA-INFUSED RICE

Steps:

• Put the rice in a rice cooker and fill to the "one cup" mark with water. Note that some rice cookers don't actually use measuring cup sizes of rice; if that is the case, only use one of the provided cup fulls of rice.
• Place the tea bag of whichever flavour on top of the rice. Make sure the bag is fully submerged in the water. This is why tea balls won't work: the tea needs to be completely submerged in water.
• Turn the cooker on a leave it until it's done. Then stir in the sweetened condensed milk, to taste, add any fruits or nuts if you wish, and then eat it!
• Winning Combinations:.
• Chai tea with diced white peaches.
• Oolong with almond slices (I prefer to use evaporated milk with this one, because I like to relish the flavour of the oolong tea).
• Green tea with lichi fruit.
• Apple mint (for this I didn't use a tea bag, just a few sprigs of apple mint leaves from my houseplant).
• Rooibos with dried cranberries.