Thai-Spiced Rice Bowls

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Total Time
30 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes
Rating
4.8 out of 5 stars
(91)

Ingredients

6 servings
  • Rice
  • 1 ½ cups uncooked rice (I used long-grain brown rice)
  • 1 ½ tablespoons butter
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt (or ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt)
  • Peanut Broth
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
  • Thumb-tip of peeled fresh ginger, pressed or minced
  • 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste
  • ¼ cup soy sauce (I used reduced-sodium tamari)
  • ¼ cup natural peanut butter
  • 4 cups (1 quart) vegetable broth
  • 1 can (14 ounces) light coconut milk
  • Generous squeeze of honey
  • Garnishes
  • 1 cup matchstick-cut carrots (I used my julienne peeler)
  • 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • ½ English cucumber, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced (optional; I used a regular cucumber and seeded it before slicing)
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • ¼ cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint (optional)
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 jalapeño, thinly sliced
  • 1 lime, cut into wedges
BeginnerDinnerSautéingGluten-Free
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Chef’s notes

Recipe barely adapted from The Minimalist Kitchen by Melissa Coleman.
Make it vegan:
Omit the butter for the rice, or replace it with coconut oil, added to taste. Use maple syrup instead of honey to sweeten the broth.
Make it gluten-free:
Use gluten-free tamari instead of regular soy sauce.
Change it up:
Melissa says you can add edamame or peas to this recipe.
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