What kind of dish would you call this? Do you know any recipes kind of like it?

There are a load of recipes you could make with just random meats, veggies, and seasonings. This kind of "rice dish" can be made sort of like stir frys or stews or any kind of "mixed" dish, and those kinds of things can be made with rice (actually various kinds of rice) or noodles or couscous or other grains.

The basic technique is what you want to pay attention to, then you'd just want to plug in ingredients and flavors that work reasonably well together.

For technique, you'd often want to saute any veggies (and even fruits) that you want first in some hot oil --and often used "aromatics" like onion, garlic, celery, etc. Then you could add the following things in any order you want:

...meat/fish/poultry

...beans or lentils

...seasonings (or sometimes those are heated first in the hot oil in step 1)

...liquid or liquids

...grain (you can cook the grain in the liquid, or you can add it after precooking, or you can serve all the "stuff" over a pile of the grain)

As you did before, just keep adding a little of this or that till it tastes good. Part of the learning would be to identify what the possibilities are for "it needs a little more salty-something, or more chewy stuff, or more spicy or acidic stuff, etc.).

As for seasonings and things that "go well together," you used some Asian seasonings (ginger, soy sauce, ) and/or the cumin could be Mexican, Indian or Middle Eastern. The bell peppers could be many but often Cajun, Caribbean, etc. The carrots French, Indian, etc. Broccoli various cultures. Apples various cultures. Rice many cultures and cuisines, etc, and though it's often bland on its own, it takes up the flavors of other things, especially when cooked with it...or try other rices like brown rice, basmati/Texmati or Jasmine rice, adding a bit of turmeric to any rice, and much more.

More info about all that in some of the answers below.

Check out some of these links and my answers to perhaps get some other good ideas:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201011...

http://www.google.com/images?q=flavored+rice (just add meat)

http://www.google.com/images?q=%22rice+dishes%22

http://www.ricecookerfetish.com/great-rice-cooker-...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_PMbdv4L90

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201112...

I responded to the very last question you posted about the biscuits. I dont know how that stupid edit button is supposed to work but it must have deleted part of my answer. sorry about that. Yes I do add more butter and mix it into the flour either with my fingers or a pastry cutter or a fork. or I have even froze a stick of butter and used a grater and shaved it into the flour and then just gently tossed it into the four, you want the butter to be in small pea sized hunks. working with cold ingredients (I've even refrigerated my dry ingredients over night but mostly cuz I prepped dry ingredients before hand so then all I had to do in the morning was start mixing) is a big plus. Never use bread flour either, it has too much protein and will render heavy tough buscuits. pastry flour is the best for the lightest buiscuits but AP (all purpose) works good too. Also make sure you are using baking powder and NOT baking soda. If you want to contact me in the future feel free to email me at apairofjacks@yahoo.com

just put something tht will get my attention in the subject line.

Your first question what is it they are eating on the cartoon?

It usually a rice ball stuffed with bonito flakes (dried fish) or red sweet beans) or a cooked fish.

Its just sushi rice presented in a ball form to be fun for the kids. Also google some images on Bento boxes. That is probably what you saw.

As far as the recipe for something like that..... I would say the only thing I can think of would be stir fry and in Japanese meals they serve pickled fruits and vegetables to go with there meals.

I have both Spanish and Asian ancestry so we eat al lot of rice dishes..lotz..lol Your dish sounds like a fried rice type dish.

Not sure if you are familiar with Benihana's, but I love their fried rice. The good thing about it is you don't need eggs. You can use either short or long grain rice. Important, is that you cook the rice and refrigerate it beforehand, and you can also prepare it about 30 minutes before, place it on a cookie sheet, cover and refrigerate so it can cool off. Here is the recipe and I included a video where someone taped the preparation at Benihana's...cuz everyone loves this rice..lol

One thing that is not correct in the "copycat" recipe, is they say add butter, but you will also note that in the video, Benihana's use a garlic butter and they posted the correct recipe for it. They also use sesame oil (not too much) and ginger which greatly enhances the flavor. Use your favorite vegetables and I have also used Tofu. I saute the veggies separate and add at the end because I don't like them overcooked.

I also included a recipe for Thai Fried Rice which is also good.

benihana japanese fried rice

This fried rice can be prepared ahead of time by cooking the rice, then adding the peas, carrot and scrambled egg plus half of the soy sauce. Keep this refrigerated until you are ready to fry it in the butter. That's when you add the salt, pepper and remaining soy sauce.

Servings: 4 side servings

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked long grain converted or parboiled rice (not instant or quick white rice)

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup frozen peas, thawed

2 tablespoons finely grated carrot

1/2 cup diced onion (1/2 small onion)

1 1/2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons soy sauce

Salt

Pepper

Preparation

1. Cook the rice following the instructions on the package. This should take about 20 minutes. Pour the rice into a large bowl to let it cool.

2. Scramble the eggs in a small pan over medium heat. Chop scrambled chunks of egg into small pea-size bits with your spatula while cooking.

3. When the rice has cooled, add the peas, carrot, eggs and onion to the bowl. Carefully toss all of the ingredients together.

4. Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium/high heat.

5. When the butter has completely melted, dump the rice mixture into the pan and add the soy sauce plus a dash of salt and pepper. Cook the rice mixture for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring often.

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Thai Star Thai Fried Rice

1 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil

1 Egg

1 Breast of Chicken, cut into small pieces

1 Tbsp. chopped Onion

1 Tbsp. chopped Tomato

Assorted chopped vegetables, to taste

1 C. cold, cooked Rice

1/2 tsp. Sugar

Dash Pepper

Soy Sauce

Add oil to a very hot skillet. Break egg in pan, and scramble until cooked. Add one breast of chicken, onion, vegetables (snow peas, bean sprouts, left over veggies). Add cold rice, sugar, pepper, and 10 drops of soy sauce. Stir over stove until rice is dry, and starts to turn clear and shiny.

http://www.copykat.com/2009/02/03/thai-star-thai-f...

If emgee was really a chef, he/she would know that the best recipes come from cooks experimenting as you have done.It sounds like a great meal especially with the added soy sauce.You really need that extra moisture to make it palatable & to add flavour of course. I make similar dishes which I call fried rice.Two of my favourite ingredients are pineapple & sultanas along with a small amount of curry powder added to the onion as I saute it.I never add meat,but use it as a side dish to grilled steak etc.

whoa...to much to read, buy I got the gist of the actual ingredients. It sounds good and what I would do is just write it down and keep it, and sooner or later if you read very many recipes, you most likely will come across something very similar.

They will are good for health, however if you are asking which is better for diet in this instance all vegetables would do well

A plant is a plant or part of a grow used as food

You made a pilaf with apples. You sound like a shitty cook. Do all southerners misspell every other word or is it just you?

- chef.

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