Yellow Rice Two Ways

Yellow rice, as the name suggests, is rice with a beautiful yellow color. Here is how to easily make it at home two ways. Easy and simple, as well as gourmet-style with lots and lots of flavor.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine International

Keyword yellow rice

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 14

Total Time 15

Servings people

Calories 171kcal

Ingredients

1 cup Basmati white rice
1 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 cup water
FOR THE GOURMET VERSION
2 tsp avocado oil
1 yellow onion
2 cloves garlic
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp aji amarillo
1/2 cup peanuts
1/2 cup raisins

Instructions

Add rice, turmeric, salt, and water to your Instant Pot and stir well.
Seal the pot and set it to 3 minutes on high pressure. Then let pressure release naturally.
Once the safety pin dropped it's safe to open the pot and fluff up the rice and serve.
FOR THE GOURMET VERSION:
Peel and finely chop onion and garlic. Chop parsley.
Preheat a large pan over medium heat, once hot add avocado oil and onion and stir fry until translucent.
Add garlic and stir a bit more. Then add cumin and ají and stir until fragrant.
Add peanuts, raisins, and cooked yellow rice, as well as chopped parsley. Stir to combine and serve.

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Notes

NUTRITION GOURMET VERSION: Calories: 363kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 12g

Nutrition

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