Asian 5 Spice Rice

Asian 5 Spice Rice recipe is perfect as a side dish or main. It overflows with flavor and textures and it’s perfect as a side dish or a meal. You make it as spicy as you want. Toss in some chicken for another option.

You know how I love going through old recipes. I was given my mother-in-law’s recipe box when they moved to an Independent living facility, and my mother recently gave me my grandmother and her recipe boxes. One of the recent recipes inspired this Asian 5 Spice Rice recipe.

Most of the recipes in my mother-in-law’s box are typed up, in categories, and displayed in a hand carved box that my father-in-law made. The boxes from my grandmother and mother look vintage army. They are metal, dented and most of the recipes are scribbled in pencil on the back of bank checks or thumb sized scratch paper. I guess when they shared recipes with friends, they just grabbed what they had available.

I actually find this charming. Just like the recipe that I found for “Chinease Menu”. What the heck? We didn’t eat a lot of ethnic foods which might be the reason that Chinese was misspelled? Well anyway, the recipe intrigued me. We were baking chicken for dinner and the glory of baked chicken is anything goes with it.

I made up the recipe and it was…boring. There were no spices and the only thing that might have earned the word Chinese is that it had a little soy sauce in it. A makeover later and the Asian 5 Spice Rice recipe was created. We ate this rice as a side for our chicken but I could have eaten it as a meal. I actually shredded up our leftover chicken and tossed it into the rice for a second meal. It’s was delicious too!

If you love this recipe here are a few more that I think you’ll like!

• Soba Noodle Salad
• Thai Basil Cabbage Slaw
• Cashew Asian Cabbage Salad

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Asian 5 Spice Rice

Author: Hostess At Heart

Asian 5 Spice Rice recipe is perfect as a side dish or main meal. You can make it as spicy as you want. Toss in some chicken for another option.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Side, Vegetarian

Cuisine Asian

Keyword: 5 spice rice

Servings: 8

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup wild rice cooked according to package directions
• 1-1/2 cup yellow onion diced
• 1-1/2 cup celery diced
• 1 cup mushrooms chopped
• 8 oz water chestnuts drained
• 1/3 cup sliced almonds toasted (plus additional for garnish
• 3 tbsp soy sauce I use low sodium
• 2 tsp 5 spice powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp red curry paste more or less your choice
• Sesame oil
• Fresh parsley for garnish optional

Instructions

 

• Using a large skillet, heat sesame oil. Add onions, celery, and mushrooms. Saute until they just start to soften (celery will be bright green). Don’t overcook. The crunch is great in this dish.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Rice will be thick. Garnish with parsley if desired. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 132kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 5gFat: 3gSodium: 678mgPotassium: 251mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 225IUVitamin C: 1.9mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 1.4mg

Nutritional Disclaimer

This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.

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