Rice is Nice

[marnanightingale]

Heavy pot with lid.

About 15 garlic scapes, washed and chopped to 1" lengths
1/4 cup dried chopped mushrooms, presoaked by covering them with water and giving them 1 minute in the microwave (covering them with boiling water would work too)
1 C golden basmati rice
pinch salt
2 C water
1 T Sunny Paris seasoning or other bouquet garni.
2 T olive oil.

Sautee garlic scapes in olive oil until dark green and just beginning to brown.

Add mushrooms, mix in, sautee together for 3-5 minutes.

Add rice, water, salt, and bouquet garni. Cover, bring to boil, turn off electric burner or reduce gas to minimum.

Let stand 15 minutes, fluff, serve.

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Comments

[harimad.livejournal.com]

Sounds terrific. Maybe I can find scapes at tomorrow's farmer's market. Even though I have a fridge full of leftovers from tonight's tasty, imaginative Chinese/Korean/Fusion (light on the fusion, maybe imaginative is a better term) meal. Most imaginative offering: spring roll made with bulgogi, cheese, cabbage shred and sprouts. Reads like a Korean Philly Cheesesteak but - fortunately - tastes nothing like.

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

What's a garlic scape?

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

Just followed the link. That's what I like about LJ and DW: always a chance to learn something new. I've never seen them on sale, even in the local Indian supermarket which has an awesome range of vegetables; if I wanted them I'd have to grow my own.

[gale_storm]

That sounds really good!!! I'll have to figure out whether/where they are in Denmark...

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

I had never heard of garlic scapes. So many new things to eat now-- I will have to make an effort...

I suppose a garlic allowed to grow a scape has fulfilled it's garlicy life's dream. It has done what plants intend to do. If left alone will the scape flower?

Funny to think that we say a plant has 'bolted' meaning got away from our interference, when really that is what they are for...