What Would You Add to a Warm Bowl of Rice? 🍚🍛🍙

@sweetnutella

Rice with spicy gravy or curry is the best ever combination!🥰

What do you like with your bowl of rice?😋

@Sunisshiningandsoareyou those are good!! Why not combine them and come up with... spicy curry? 😱🔥 as for me, I'd definitely need some eggs with my bowl of rice! Might as well turn it into fried rice, Uncle Roger style! 🤣🤣

@sweetnutella

Yusss a spicy curry is even better lol and ooof that fried rice bowl sounds super yummm. 🥰

@Sunisshiningandsoareyou 

feels in heaven 😋(being a die heart rice lover)

@naturalBraid8810 hahah enjoysieees. Rice is too good for realll. How do you like your rice bowls usually?😃

@Sunisshiningandsoareyou

with dals especially or with some pickle 😋

@naturalBraid8810

Yumm combination!😋

@Sunisshiningandsoareyou Personally, I love putting my mom's strawberry Jam and milk on my rice, it tastes so good. 

The options are endless but most of the time i use salsa 

@toughTiger6481 ohh, salsa! I never thought of having my rice with it! 🙀 Would you recommend? What would you rate it out of 10? ⭐🤩

@sweetnutella

Chunky salsa is best IMO.  

@sweetnutella  Well, anything lol! Rice goes with most things, even coconut milk and cinnamon. But  egg fried rice with extra veggies is my go to!

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@MistyMagic rice is very versatile, indeed! And veggies are excellent companion for it yummm 🥦🥬🥕

@sweetnutella

Sunny side up egg 🍳 , some carrots 🥕 & veggies 🥦, some chilli 🌶 sauce or soy sauce (with a Hello Kitty (⑅^・◦・^) image on the bottle), & tomatoes 🍅 (っ🍳˘ڡ˘🍚ς)

@VictoriaLove7 this would make a very colorful dish! 🤩🌈

@sweetnutella

yes yes, colorful & healthy meal! 🍳(๑ᴖ؂ᴖ๑)🥕🍚

@sweetnutella

I love grilled salmon🐟!!

@Oliveleaf30240 OMG of course, seafood! How could I forget! 🐟🐠🐡 rice + fish = a ticket to paradise ✨✨

@sweetnutella  Buttermilk 

@naturalBraid8810 oohh, that's interesting! Never crossed my mind at all. Have you ever tried the combo? If so, would you recommend it? 🥛🥛

@sweetnutella

yess i tried it i would recommend it especially adding some black salt coriander and little grated ginger in the buttermilk (homemade) and with rice it tastes awesome 

@sweetnutella, I would most probably add some orange chicken to it lol.

@ayushnayak OMG this is the best! You can never go wrong with this combo 🔥✨

@sweetnutella

spam on rice sounds so weird but i hear it's so good

@Heather225 weird but so good indeed 😎 sprinkle some chopped green onions on it, too, and boom! Your tummy will thank you!

@sweetnutella

cilantro and lime= yummy!!! OOOOOOO, or like crab salad and seaweed…

@mhadmax gosh, hearing this alone makes my mouth water! I particularly love cilantro and seaweed ✨ adding crab as an extra boost of nutrients sounds heavenly, too! 🦀💥 And I bet you love it a little sour since you're adding lime? 👀🍋 That sure would give it a kick!

@sweetnutella

Hmmm, well if Kimchi is available in your country.  It could really give a spike of hotness to the rice meal hehe. I love eating the korean rice mixed though I am not korean haha.  

@Jewelmoon17 I'm not particularly fond of store bought kimchi, but last time I tweaked the recipe and cooked it on my own, it's buzzing 😎🔥 and I've never tried that kind of rice before! Is it similar to red rice? 😵

• Take any bottle of Asian-style sauce & pour a little in a small saucepan. Put it on low heat, add whatever spices you like in it & stir. When steam starts rising off it, turn off the burner & remove the pan from the burner. When the rice is done, stir your doctored sauce one more time & dump it in the rice. Mix it all up good, then put the rice on your plate & chow down.
• Do the above but stir-fry the rice in a wok or wide pan with your doctored sauce.
• sausage, cut in small pieces & pan-seared. I use turkey or chicken sausage, but any kind will do.
• sauted or sweated peppers. Cut 'em up fine if you like. I normally use serrano peppers & avoid jalapeno or other hot kinds but if you like hot stuff, go for it.
• Any two of the above.
• All of the above, stir-fried in a wok. If you don't have a wok pan, then you need one. Seriously.

@sweetnutella 😂 Thanks. You're great at fluffing up my ego... But seriously, these aren't "recipes" so much as tricks I've developed over the years, & basic technique. I learn something here & there in my travels, & sometimes an idea occurs to me. It's really about knowing how to use what you have, & putting ingredients together so the result tastes good & doesn't put you in the hospital. 😜 Once you have enough savvy under your belt, recipes don't matter as much because you can come up with your own recipe/formula to fit the situation.

Don't get the wrong idea, though...I am not a professional cook, let alone a chef. There are tons of people out there who are better at food prep by at least a mile. I suspect at least a couple members of Cups could legitimately claim that, if they wanted to. My only professional experience was as a dishwasher in an Italian restaurant that shut down ages ago...it was educational. I learned a few things, one of them being: never work in a restaurant named after the owner. 😏

I almost forgot: for any soy sauce-based or hoisin-based sauce, you can also add a teaspoon or so of white wine, for flavor. (The simmer will drive off any alcohol in it) A pinch of arrowroot will thicken it, but you gotta add the arrowroot after you take the saucepot off the heat & stir it in well. Continuing heat breaks the stuff down.

@slowdecline48 thank you for the tips and tricks! I will make sure to jot them down 🧐 but I think we don't need to be a professional cook or even a chef to be able to cook something delicious and hearty! In your case, for example, you're able to feed yourself and your loved ones by gaining experience from traveling and picking up a thing or two from your previous work, which is just as valuable!

I'm still so far from calling myself a cooking savvy, but your recipes seem to be doable enough even for a noob like me xD so that's appreciated, thank you! ✨

@sweetnutella

this post hits home since i grew up eating rice all the time. my top 3 combo to elevate rice below: 

1 - crispy fried egg with the yolk still runny. add in some scallions, soy sauce and some lan gan ma chili oil

2 - pan fry some diced tofu (make it crispy), chopped up tomatoes and onions and seasoned with salt. 

3 - diced up tomatoes and seasoned it with salt. add eggs and scrambled them together, don't cook for too long, you want this dish to be a bit moist. lastly, add mountain sauce. 

@sweetsnpeaches That all sounds dee-lish, though I don't know what mountain sauce is.

@slowdecline48

mountain sauce is a seasoning sauce kinda like soy sauce, but don't substitute one for another. the mountain sauce is my go-to for any egg dish! it can be found at most asian grocery stores 

@sweetsnpeaches OMG another step-by-step reply, I'm on cloud 9! 😵😍 and this seems like a very simple yet delish dish that would be perfect for a rainy day ✨ the chili oil will keep us warm (and well hydrated, lol.) And I'm definitely big on half-cooked eggs, so the more moist it is, the better!

Btw, I'm glad this post reminds you of the good ol times. Thank you for sharing this tasty meal with us! Feel free to share your recipes on the Hobby Zone sub community ✨ I'm sure lots of people will love it!

@sweetnutella

the hobby zone community sounds fun! i would love to check it out. by chance, do you have a link to it? 

@sweetsnpeaches

LOL i just realize that this post was made on the hobby zone community and i can just click on the community name to be directed to it. haven't visited 7cups in 2-3 years so everything looks different now lol 

@sweetsnpeaches Yes HZ is fun! I hope you take a look at all the posts and topics we have! Let me know if I can help re-orientate  you to CupsWorld!

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