Description
4 Simple Rice Variations is a mix of super easy rice combinations made with Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice and sautéed shrimp for the perfect, quick meal prep solution for lunch or dinner. Flavor up your week with a tasty, Italian- Inspired Pesto Rice, a fun Island-Style Rice, a Fiesta Black Bean and Cilantro Lime Rice, or a Zesty Green Chile and Corn Rice.
Ingredients
Italian-Inspired Pesto Rice
- Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice
- 1 Tablespoon pesto, homemade or store bought
- 6 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- pine nuts
Island- Style Rice
- Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice
- 1/4 cup pineapple, diced
- 1 Tablespoon cashews, roughly chopped
- optional cilantro garnish
Fiesta Black Bean and Cilantro Lime Rice
- Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice
- 1 teaspoon (plus more if desired) fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 lime, squeezed
- 1/4 cup canned black beans, drained
Zesty Green Chile and Corn Rice
- Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice
- 1 Tablespoon diced green chiles, from can
- 1/4 cup canned corn, drained
- 1/2 fresh avocado, sliced
Shrimp (4 servings)
- 1 pound raw shrimp, peeled, deveined and tail on
- olive oil
- salt
- ground pepper
- seasoning of choice : brown sugar bourbon, Cajun, Italian.
Instructions
Italian-Inspired Pesto Rice
- In a microwavable safe container, add pesto and a Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice cup. Stir.
- Wash and quarter the tomatoes. Add to container.
- Sprinkle pine nuts on top.
- Add cooked shrimp and close lid.
- Store in the refrigerator.
- When ready to eat, microwave for 1 minute to 1 minute, 30 seconds to warm.
Island-Style Rice
- Dice pineapple and roughly chop cashews.
- Add the pineapple and cashews to a microwavable safe container with a Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice cup. Stir.
- Add cooked shrimp and optional chopped cilantro over top. Close lid.
- Store in the refrigerator.
- When ready to eat, microwave for 1 minute to 1 minute, 30 seconds to warm.
Fiesta Black Bean and Cilantro Lime Rice
- Wash and chop cilantro.
- Cut lime in half.
- Drain black beans.
- Add the Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice cup, chopped cilantro, black beans and squeeze half the lime into microwavable safe container. Stir.
- Add cooked shrimp and close lid.
- Store in the refrigerator.
- When ready to eat, microwave for 1 minute to 1 minute, 30 seconds to warm.
Zesty Green Chile and Corn Rice
- Drained corn.
- Add the corn, diced green chiles and Minute® Ready to Serve Jasmine Rice cup to a microwavable safe container. Stir.
- Add cooked shrimp. Close lid.
- Store in the refrigerator.
- When ready to eat, microwave for 1 minute to 1 minute, 30 seconds to warm.
- Peel and slice avocado. Put on top of rice bowl.
Shrimp
- Thaw shrimp if frozen.
- Pat dry.
- Slather with olive oil, a sprinkle of salt, pepper and seasoning of choice.
- Heat a non-stick pan on stovetop on a medium-high heat.
- Toss shrimp in and cook 3 minutes.
- Flip and cook another 3 minutes.
- Eat right away or cool before adding to rice bowls for meal prep.
Notes
- Shrimp should be consumed within four days of cooking and stored in the refrigerator.
- Do not cook the rice twice. Just add the unheated rice cup directly to container with other ingredients and microwavable when ready to eat.
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Stovetop
Keywords: meal prep, shrimp, rice, pesto, cilantro, lime, black beans, tomato, cashews, pineapple, corn, avocado, green chiles