Green Rice Soup

Name: Green Rice Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: For 4–6 people
Ingredients: 112–170 g/4–6 oz/1–1½ cups sorrel (or spinach, lettuce leaves, or watercress), shredded; More salt and pepper to taste; 2 tbsp olive or peanut oil, or ghee/clarified butter; 1.1 litres/2 pints/5 cups water; 56 g/2 oz/¼ cup white rice, washed; A pinch of salt; ¼ tsp ground white pepper; 1 clove garlic, chopped; ¼ tsp ground or grated nutmeg; 3 shallots or 1 onion, chopped; 1.1 litres/2 pints/5 cups meat or vegetable stock

Preparation info

For
4–6
people

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

The Rice Book

By Sri Owen

Published 1993

About

The green colour of this soup may come from sorrel, which is my own favourite, or spinach, lettuce leaves, or watercress. Each of them, of course, will give its characteristic flavour. About 80 g/2½–3 oz of cooked white rice will be sufficient. However, as you may not have any cooked rice left ov

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