Saffron Rice Cakes

Name: Saffron Rice Cakes
Prep time: 1 h 42 min
Cook time: 1 h 42 min
Total time: 1 h 42 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters canola oil; 591 milliliters chicken stock; 2 eggs; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 59 milliliters olive tapenade; 118 milliliters chopped onions; 473 milliliters panko bread crumbs; 118 milliliters frozen peas; 118 milliliters chopped red pepper; 177 milliliters Valencia rice; 1 pinch Pinch saffron threads; 20 servings Salt; 118 milliliters sour cream; 59 milliliters water

Saffron Rice Cakes requires approximately 1 hour and 42 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 20. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 145 calories. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up valencia rice, chicken stock, olive tapenade, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add the onion and pepper and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.

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Pepper

Onion

Add the rice and stir to completely coat all the rice with the oil. Stir in the chicken stock, saffron, salt, to taste and the peas. Cover and reduce the heat to low. Cook until the liquid has been absorbed and rice is tender, about 20 minutes.

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Chicken Stock

Saffron

Peas

Rice

Salt

Cooking Oil

Remove from the heat and cool until slightly warm, about 30 minutes.

For Rice cakes

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Rice Cakes

Using a small ice cream scoop or tablespoon, scoop out tablespoon-size balls of rice and form into cakes, about 1 1/2 inches diameter.

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Ice Cream

Rice

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Ice Cream Scoop

Put the cakes in a baking dish and layer between sheets of waxed paper.

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Baking Pan

In a small bowl, beat together 2 eggs with 1/4 cup of water.

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Water

Egg

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Bowl

Put the bread crumbs into a shallow dish. Dredge each of the rice cakes into the egg mixture and then into the bread crumbs, making sure they are completely coated.

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Breadcrumbs