Eclectic Electric Eastern Steamer
photo by Kumquat the Cats fr
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
1-3
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups cooked brown rice
- 6 scallions, diced
- 1⁄2 red bell pepper, in strips
- 1⁄2 yellow bell pepper, in strips
- 1⁄2 potato, diced
- 1⁄2 cup broccoli floret
- 1⁄4 cup baby carrots, cut
- 1⁄4 cup lentils
- 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable stock
- 4 -5 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon cooking sherry
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried lemongrass (optional)
directions
- Bring the vegetable stock to a boil, stir in the lentils, and set aside.
- Boil the potato until almost done, while conveniently using the steam from the boiling potatoes to steam the bell peppers, broccoli florets, and carrots. Sprinkle them with 1/2 of the ginger, 1/2 the scallions, and all the lemongrass.
- When the potatoes are almost done, pour out the water or fish them out and toss them with the steamed vegetables. Then return to steaming the whole bunch.
- When the lentils are done, once again pour them over the steaming vegetables and toss to combine.
- Toss rice over the whole deal, continue steaming while you --.
- Mix the ginger, honey, sherry, vinegar, 4 tbs of soy sauce, and what remains of the scallions.
- Pour the steaming mixture into a sprayed nonstick skillet and stir fry with the mixed sauce for 5-10 minutes. Add further water, soy sauce, or stock to keep the mixture from getting too dry.
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Reviews
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Easy, delicious, healthy dinner for two with no added fat. My only problem was that the recipe did not specify cooking times! So I gave the lentils 30 minutes, the potatoes 15 minutes and steamed the veggies for 5 minutes. I liked the convenience of steaming the vegetables while the potatoes cooked. Everything came out perfect! Instead of half a potato I added a whole (so I wouldn't have any leftovers) and I added a teaspoon of sesame oil for taste (as I didn't have any lemongrass). It was amazingly good for a recipe that seemed to be thrown together last minute! You might also add tofu or chicken strips (vegetarian or otherwise) to make this a bit more substantial, which is what I might do next time. Thanks for the great recipe!
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