Eat for Eight Bucks: Coconut-Vegetable Rice Pilaf with Peppercorns

Name: Eat for Eight Bucks: Coconut-Vegetable Rice Pilaf with Peppercorns
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters sliced almonds; 473 milliliters white basmati rice; 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns; 397 grams coconut milk; 1 Tbsp canola or other neutral oil; 1 carrot, peeled, trimmed, and sliced into thin half moons; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 serrano pepper, seeded, trimmed, and minced; 1 teaspoons sugar; 296 milliliters water; 1 zucchini, trimmed and sliced into thin half moons

Eat for Eight Bucks: Coconut-Vegetable Rice Pilaf with Peppercorns is a gluten free and vegan side dish. One serving contains 692 calories, 12g of protein, and 32g of fat. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. If you have salt, 2 onion, carrot, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

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Rinse the rice in several changes of water, until the water that runs off is clear.

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Water

Rice

Let drain while you prepare the rest of the pilaf.

Over high heat, warm the oil in an oven-safe Dutch oven with a lid. After about 1 minute, put in the peppercorns and cover with the lid.

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Peppercorns

Cooking Oil

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Dutch Oven

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Let cook for about 1 minute—you’ll hear a few of them popping.

Lower the heat to medium and add the onions. Cook for 2 minutes, then add the carrots, the zucchini, and the Serrano. Cook for another 4-5 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender.

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Zucchini

Carrot

Onion

Add 3 tablespoons of the almonds and cook for about 1 more minute, to toast them lightly.

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Almonds

Toast

Sprinkle with ½ teaspoon salt.

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Salt

Add the rice and stir to distribute it with the vegetables.

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Rice

Pour in the coconut milk, the water, and the remaining teaspoon of salt. Return the heat to high, bring to a boil, give it one more stir, then cover and place in the oven.

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Coconut Milk