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Rice noodles: how to cook rice noodles? Video
Rice vermicelli is one of the most popular oriental food products. It is used as a side dish, as an independent dish, or in various original salads. Unlike wheat vermicelli, rice vermicelli contains much fewer calories, which is very beneficial for the figure.
Rice vermicelli: how to cook?
Chinese fish soup with rice noodles
This is a classic Chinese soup recipe. Due to the content of many useful ingredients, it tones the body, saturates it with vitamins and nutrients. It is also very satisfying and low in calories. For 5-6 servings of soup you will need:
– fresh perch – 800 g; – water – 3 liters; – onions – 2 pcs.; – rice vermicelli – 200 g; – garlic – 2 cloves; – ginger root – 1 pc .; – coconut milk – 1 tsp; – lemon zest – 1/2 pc.; – rice starch – 1,5 tbsp. spoons; – chili pepper – 1 pc.; – sunflower oil – 2 tbsp. spoons; – turmeric and salt – to taste.
Clean and gut the fresh perch, remembering to remove the gills. Then rinse under running water. Separate the fillet from the body of the fish and set it aside. Put the rest in a saucepan along with the lemon zest and cover with water.
It is very important to use fresh fish to prepare this dish. In the absence of perch, you can use salmon, carp or flounder
Bring the water to a boil and carefully remove all the foam, otherwise the broth will turn out cloudy. Salt. Then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain the finished broth, discarding the boiled fish.
Peel and grate the ginger. Peel the chili pepper and cut into thin rings. Chop the onion and garlic. Fry vegetables in vegetable oil.
Cut the perch fillet into large pieces. Dip it in a mixture of turmeric, salt and 0,5 tbsp. spoons of rice starch. Then add to the skillet and sauté over high heat for 6 minutes.
Bring 1,5 liters of strained broth to a boil, add coconut milk to it. Dilute 1 tbsp. a spoonful of rice starch in the remaining broth and pour everything into the boiling soup. Bring to a boil.
In a separate saucepan, boil water, salt to taste and add rice noodles or, as it is also called, rice noodles to it. You need to cook rice no more than 3 minutes. Then fold it in a colander and wait for all the water to drain.
Divide the noodles into bowls. Top with fish and vegetables and pour over the cooked broth. This soup should be served freshly cooked.
Rice vermicelli with vegetables and chicken
Ingredients: – rice noodles – 400 g; – chicken fillet – 300 g; – leeks – 4 stalks; – vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. spoons; – sweet red pepper – 2 pcs.; – carrots – 1 pc.; – soy sauce – 5 tbsp. spoons; – salt, black pepper – to taste.
Wash the chicken fillet, dry, cut into cubes, salt. Fry in vegetable oil. It takes about 20 minutes to cook the chicken fillet.
Boil rice noodles in boiling salted water for 3 minutes, discard in a colander. Season 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil.
Wash the vegetables. Peel the carrots and bell peppers and cut into strips, and chop the white part of the leek into rings. Fry the vegetables for 3 minutes in vegetable oil, stirring constantly. In this case, the fire must be very large.
Arrange the rice noodles in deep bowls. Top with pieces of meat and vegetables. Season with coarse black pepper and drizzle with a little soy sauce. Serve to the table.