The Poor Man's Risi E Bisi

Spring brings on the burger to make lighter, greener fare. One dish is the Venetian classic rising e bisi. It a rich rice dish full of carrots and peas , with the rice cooked in a rich broth.It's not a fancy dish,especially when you made the poor man;s version,

I was craving this but didn;t want to  deal with fussy arborio rice. I used long grained whiter rice for this .It's easy easy cook.

Minute rice works best with this and to give it that rich taste I cooked the rice in a mix of veggie broth and water. It was two and a half cups of broth to a half of cup of water.

I like Pacific brand soups and broth.Their veggie broth is thick and flavorful,

This is absolutely perfect for cooking rice and even pasta.It gives a lovely deep taste to ordinary white rice,e;eating it .

Whille the rice was cooking It was time to cook the carrots and peas Usually the recipe calls for just peas and they're added as the last step to the cooking rice. I wanted to make sure that the veggies were cooked so I microwaved them for six minutes.

The entire pot was stirred in.For extra flavor I added these.

Since I made six cups of rice I stirred  into a botu three heaping tablespoons of the plant butter and a good teo tablespoons of garlic powder(you can add fresh  minced garlic and shallots too for a more authentic taste)>

The butter and garlic powder were thoroughly stirred in until the plant butter melted.

The poor man;s risi e bisi should look like this.

How was it?

Heaven!!!!!I loved this poor man's version.The garlic and butter accentuated the rice and veggies.This was a perfect marriage of flavors. Even better it's so good reheated the day after for lunch or dinner.

Try this version of risi e visit for a quick Sunday supper.It's the perfect harbinger of Spring cooking/. It's brings a freshness and mellowness to the dinner table.