Vegetarian Rice Roni With Homemade Rice Roni Mix

This Homemade Rice Roni is a blend of rice and pasta which then cooked in butter, chicken/vegetable stock and seasonings until light and fluffy. A quick easy dish that tastes so good. This Homemade Rice-A-Roni has no artificial ingredients and is absolutely delicious.

I had this rice roni many times when I stayed abroad. I loved it , but, here it's not available so made my own. This is a basic mix, you can have many add ons/flavorful spices to it when you are cooking this as a meal.

This Homemade Rice Roni is the perfect accompaniment to make a complete and delicious meal with chicken, fish, steak or shrimp. I also used this to make this Colombian Arroz Atollado

Ingredients
200 Grams Spaghetti - broken into pieces
2 Cups Basmati Rice

1 Tablespoon Oil
Method
Wash the rice with a wet cloth and let it dry for some time. In the meantime in a pan heat a tablespoon of oil and fry the spaghetti for a minute or two only. Cool and mix it with the rice.

Homemade Rice Roni Mix is ready.

I made a vegetarian version of this for our lunch.
Vegetarian Rice Roni

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon Dried Chives

1 Teaspoon Italian Seasoning Mix

1 Bay Leaf

¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Powder or to taste

1 Vegetable Stock Cube

1 Scallion/Spring Onion - chopped
1 Medium Onion - chopped
1 Teaspoon Minced Garlic
5 - 6 Broccoli Florets
¼ Cup Diced Carrots

¼ Cup French Beans - chopped

½ Cup Colored Bell Peppers - chopped

1 Small Tomatoes - chopped

1½ Cups Rice Roni

3½ Cups Water

2 Tablespoons Butter

1 Tablespoon Oil

Method

Heat oil and butter in a large pot/pan, fry the onion, till translucent, add all the veggies, chives, seasoning , bay leaf and saute for a minute.

Add the stock cube, water , give it a light mix and bring this to a rolling boil.

Now add the rice roni , give it a light stir. Cover, let it be on high flame for a minute then reduce the flame to low and let it cook for 12 -15 minutes giving it a light stir after 5 minutes. Check for taste and seasoning, add black pepper powder to your taste ( this is optional).

When liquid has been absorbed, take a test bite to see if rice is cooked through. Add hot water if necessary and continue cooking if it needs a bit more time.