Asparagus zucchini rice is a delicious and healthy dish that can be enjoyed as a main course or side dish. It is a great way to use up fresh vegetables and it is also a good source of vitamins and minerals. The dish is made with rice, asparagus, zucchini, and other vegetables, and it can be flavored with a variety of herbs and spices. Asparagus zucchini rice is a versatile dish that can be served hot or cold, and it can be paired with a variety of dishes. With so many different ways to prepare it, you're sure to find a recipe that you love.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
ASPARAGUS AND MUSHROOM RICE MEDLEY
With tons of veggies and flavorful rice, this simple dish has all your sides covered. Hearty and filling, this, paired with chicken or the pork chops here, is the only side you'll need. Vary the basil depending on how sweet you like your meals. Pat Habiger - Spearville, Kansas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 30m
Yield 2 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Pour broth into a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Add rice. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute onion in butter for 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add the mushrooms, zucchini and carrot; saute 3-5 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add asparagus and basil; cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat for 5-7 minutes or until asparagus is crisp-tender. , In a small serving bowl, combine the rice, asparagus mixture, cheese and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 286 calories, Fat 13g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 36mg cholesterol, Sodium 652mg sodium, Carbohydrate 32g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 10g protein.
ROASTED ASPARAGUS, ZUCCHINI, AND TOMATOES
A touch of lemon and garlic gives these vegetables a refreshing flavor.
Provided by Vicki B
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Tomatoes
Time 20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place asparagus in a microwave-safe dish with a splash of water; microwave for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Spread zucchini, yellow squash, and grape tomatoes out on the prepared baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic and sea salt.
- Roast in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Add asparagus and roast until vegetables are tender, 3 to 5 more minutes. Transfer vegetables to a serving bowl; squeeze lemon juice over the top and season with sea salt.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 100.5 calories, Carbohydrate 15.5 g, Fat 4.1 g, Fiber 6.4 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 0.6 g, Sodium 98.2 mg, Sugar 3.8 g
PARMESAN ASPARAGUS RICE
A simple buttery asparagus rice dish topped with Parmesan cheese.
Provided by Uncle Ben's
Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips UNCLE BEN'S®
Time 22m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Melt 2 tablespoon butter in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion until softened and turning translucent, about 1 minute. Add garlic and cook for another minute. Stir in the rice, asparagus, and stock. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low.
- Stir occasionally to prevent the rice from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Continue cooking until the rice is tender, about 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and gently stir in the Parmesan cheese and remaining butter. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 257.7 calories, Carbohydrate 36.9 g, Cholesterol 25.1 mg, Fat 10.2 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 6.2 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 276.5 mg, Sugar 1.5 g
ASPARAGUS AND ZUCCHINI CRUDI
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories side-dish
Time 10m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Using a vegetable peeler, shave the zucchini into long thin strips. Thinly slice the asparagus on a diagonal. Toss the slices together and place the salad in a serving bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine and drizzle over the vegetables. Toss to coat. Garnish with the Pecorino shavings. Serve.
LEMON-ASPARAGUS RICE
Provided by Food Network
Categories side-dish
Yield Serves 2 as a main dish or 4 a
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan, add the onion, and cook until the onion softens, about 4 minutes. Add the rice and toast the grains, stirring occasionally, until the rice begins to look opaque (bright white), about 4 minutes. Add the water, butter, lemon slice, and lemon zest, reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, slice off the tough ends of the asparagus stalks and discard them. Cut the spears on a diagonal into 1-inch lengths. Fill a large non-reactive pot with a steamer rack with 1/2 inch water, place the pot over medium heat, and bring the water to a simmer. Add the asparagus, cover, and cook until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Transfer the cooked rice to a serving bowl and toss in the asparagus. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
ASPARAGUS AND ZUCCHINI CRUDI
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories side-dish
Time 10m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Using a vegetable peeler, shave the zucchini into long thin strips. Thinly slice the asparagus on a diagonal. Toss the slices together and place the salad in a serving bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine and drizzle over the vegetables. Toss to coat. Garnish with the pecorino shavings. Serve.
ASPARAGUS-ZUCCHINI RICE
This is a great side dish - fast, flexible and easy (cooks in 1 pan)! I serve it with fish, but it would also go great with chicken. You can use it with any style of rice. Try different vegetables, too!
Provided by Allrecipes Member
Categories Summer Squash Side Dishes
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the onion for about 2 minutes. Stir in asparagus and zucchini, and saute 5 minutes, or until tender. Season with oregano, basil, thyme, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until vegetables are coated with the seasonings.
- Pour water into the vegetable mixture, and stir in rice. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, until the rice is tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 210 calories, Carbohydrate 43.1 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 1.9 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 23.1 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
ASPARAGUS AND ZUCCHINI SAUTé
This was a veggie delight I came up with on spur of the moment and I'm so glad I was inspired. It is so easy, the flavors are all natural and come together to make a nice rich flavorsome juice which is why no extra spices are needed. I hope you like it.
Provided by Summerwine
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cut off stalk ends of asparagus and throw away. Cut off tips and reserve in bowl. Cut the remaining stalk in halves or thirds (your discretion).
- Slice the zucchini in half and then slice up in bite-size chunks.
- Melt the butter in a frying pan.
- Add finely chopped garlic, slice leeks and sauté until browned.
- Add mushrooms to the fry pan and sauté for 3-5 minutes.
- Add asparagus (except for tips) and zucchini to the fry pan.
- Add salt and fresh ground black pepper.
- Cover and simmer until tender; about 10 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and asparagus tips and cook for a further 5 minutes until the tomatoes are cooked but not mushy.
- Garnish with grated fresh parmesan cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 189, Fat 12.3, SaturatedFat 7.5, Cholesterol 30.5, Sodium 118.4, Carbohydrate 17.9, Fiber 5, Sugar 6.7, Protein 6.4
ASPARAGUS-ZUCCHINI RICE
This is a great side dish - fast, flexible and easy (cooks in 1 pan)! I serve it with fish, but it would also go great with chicken. You can use it with any style of rice. Try different vegetables, too!
Provided by Allrecipes Member
Categories Summer Squash Side Dishes
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the onion for about 2 minutes. Stir in asparagus and zucchini, and saute 5 minutes, or until tender. Season with oregano, basil, thyme, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until vegetables are coated with the seasonings.
- Pour water into the vegetable mixture, and stir in rice. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, until the rice is tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 210 calories, Carbohydrate 43.1 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 1.9 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 23.1 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
ASPARAGUS-ZUCCHINI RICE
This is a great side dish - fast, flexible and easy (cooks in 1 pan)! I serve it with fish, but it would also go great with chicken. You can use it with any style of rice. Try different vegetables, too!
Provided by Allrecipes Member
Categories Summer Squash Side Dishes
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the onion for about 2 minutes. Stir in asparagus and zucchini, and saute 5 minutes, or until tender. Season with oregano, basil, thyme, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until vegetables are coated with the seasonings.
- Pour water into the vegetable mixture, and stir in rice. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, until the rice is tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 210 calories, Carbohydrate 43.1 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 1.9 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 23.1 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
ASPARAGUS-ZUCCHINI RICE
This is a great side dish - fast, flexible and easy (cooks in 1 pan)! I serve it with fish, but it would also go great with chicken. You can use it with any style of rice. Try different vegetables, too!
Provided by Allrecipes Member
Categories Summer Squash Side Dishes
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the onion for about 2 minutes. Stir in asparagus and zucchini, and saute 5 minutes, or until tender. Season with oregano, basil, thyme, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until vegetables are coated with the seasonings.
- Pour water into the vegetable mixture, and stir in rice. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, until the rice is tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 210 calories, Carbohydrate 43.1 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 1.9 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 23.1 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
ASPARAGUS FRIED RICE
We often have fried rice in various guises, either as accompaniment or as a one-dish light meal. In this version, fresh asparagus gives nuttiness and crisp texture that cannot be achieved with the canned product. TIP: 1. It is essential for the cooked rice to be loose-grained. Either pre-wash the rice in cold water to remove the free starch or allow cooked rice to cool to room temperature and then fluff with two-pronged fork. Attempting the latter with unwashed warm rice will result in a sticky mush. Cooking time does not include cooking the rice as this step can be done in advance. 2. A non-stick or seasoned carbon steel wok is most suitable for stir-frying rice. VARIATIONS: 1. Replace the asparagus with chopped mushrooms, fresh peppers, bacon, ham, canned tuna or any other ingredient, or any combination. Also add scrambled raw egg to the rice while constantly stirring in final stages of frying for added flavour. 2. Replace red onion with white, green or spring, or shallots as and when available. 3. Spiciness is varied by adding more or less crushed chillies and using fresh green or red chillies add to colour. 4. Rice can be cooked in any stock of your choice, or add two teaspoonsful of any soup powder mix to the water in which the rice is cooked to achieve subtle variations in taste.
Provided by GT in SA
Categories Vegetable
Time 20m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Stir-fry onion, garlic and asparagus in oil or butter over high heat until asparagus is crisp-tender.
- Add cooked rice and chillies and stir-fry until rice is heated through.
- Season to taste.
- Serve hot.
ASPARAGUS-ZUCCHINI RICE
This is a great side dish - fast, flexible and easy (cooks in 1 pan)! I serve it with fish, but it would also go great with chicken. You can use it with any style of rice. Try different vegetables, too!
Provided by Janet
Categories Summer Squash Side Dishes
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the onion for about 2 minutes. Stir in asparagus and zucchini, and saute 5 minutes, or until tender. Season with oregano, basil, thyme, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until vegetables are coated with the seasonings.
- Pour water into the vegetable mixture, and stir in rice. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, until the rice is tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 210 calories, Carbohydrate 43.1 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 1.9 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 23.1 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
ASPARAGUS-ZUCCHINI RICE
This is a great side dish - fast, flexible and easy (cooks in 1 pan)! I serve it with fish, but it would also go great with chicken. You can use it with any style of rice. Try different vegetables, too!
Provided by Janet
Categories Summer Squash Side Dishes
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the onion for about 2 minutes. Stir in asparagus and zucchini, and saute 5 minutes, or until tender. Season with oregano, basil, thyme, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until vegetables are coated with the seasonings.
- Pour water into the vegetable mixture, and stir in rice. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, until the rice is tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 210 calories, Carbohydrate 43.1 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 1.9 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 23.1 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
RICE AND ASPARAGUS WITH ONIONS
Provided by Marian Burros
Categories quick, side dish
Time 40m
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine rice and stock and bring to boil in heavy-bottom pot.
- Chop whole onion and heat oil in small nonstick pot. When oil is hot, add the onion, reduce heat to medium high and saute onion until it softens and begins to brown.
- When rice begins to boil, reduce heat to simmer and cover, cooking a total of 17 minutes.
- Wash and break tough stems from asparagus at the point where the woody part meets the tender part. Cut the asparagus just below the head and then cut remaining stems into one-inch pieces.
- When the onion is soft, stir it into the rice. Place a steamer in the pot in which the onion was cooked and place asparagus in the steamer; cook about 3 minutes, until asparagus is crisp but tender.
- Wash, dry and mince enough mint to make 2 tablespoons.
- When rice is cooked, stir in drained asparagus and add mint and the salt.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 372, UnsaturatedFat 2 grams, Carbohydrate 74 grams, Fat 3 grams, Fiber 6 grams, Protein 13 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 514 milligrams, Sugar 9 grams
Tips:
- Choose the right rice: Arborio rice is the best choice for risotto because it has a high starch content that creates a creamy texture. If you can't find Arborio rice, you can use another short-grain rice, such as Carnaroli or Vialone Nano.
- Toast the rice: Toasting the rice before cooking it helps to bring out its flavor and give the risotto a nutty aroma. Be sure to stir the rice constantly so that it doesn't burn.
- Use a good quality broth: The broth is an important part of risotto, so it's important to use a good quality broth. You can use chicken broth, vegetable broth, or even seafood broth, depending on the flavor you want.
- Add the liquid gradually: Risotto is cooked by adding the liquid gradually, stirring constantly. This allows the rice to absorb the liquid and cook evenly. Don't add all of the liquid at once, or the rice will become too soupy.
- Stir constantly: Stirring the risotto constantly is essential for preventing it from sticking to the pan and burning. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to stir the risotto gently.
- Cook the risotto until it is creamy: Risotto should be cooked until it is creamy and tender, but still has a slight bite to it. The cooking time will vary depending on the type of rice you use, so be sure to check the package directions.
- Add the vegetables and cheese at the end: The vegetables and cheese should be added to the risotto at the very end of the cooking time. This will help to prevent the vegetables from becoming overcooked and the cheese from melting completely.
- Serve the risotto immediately: Risotto is best served immediately after it is cooked. This will help to prevent it from becoming too thick or soupy.
Conclusion:
Risotto is a delicious and versatile dish that can be made with a variety of different ingredients. It's perfect for a special occasion or a weeknight meal. With a little practice, you can make risotto like a pro. So next time you're looking for a new dish to try, give risotto a try. You won't be disappointed.
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