Lemony mushroom & herb rice

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1. Fill a roomy saucepan with water, bring to the boil and tip in a heaped teaspoon of salt - the water will bubble furiously. Pour in the rice, stir once and return to the boil, then turn the heat down a little so that the water is boiling steadily, but not vigorously.
2. Boil uncovered, without stirring (this makes for sticky rice) for 10 minutes. Lift some out with a slotted spoon and nibble a grain or two. If they're too crunchy, cook for another minute and taste again. They should be tender but with a little bite. Drain the rice into a large sieve and rinse by pouring over a kettle of very hot water.
3. Meanwhile, chop the chestnut mushrooms into smallish chunks and fry in olive oil in a large frying pan over a high heat for 4 minutes until golden. Stir in garlic and fry for 1 minute.
4. Drain and rinse the rice and toss it into the mushrooms with the parsley, chives and lemon zest. Try a little and add salt if necessary. The zingy, fresh flavours go really well with grilled fish.

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• MichelleW

  21 May 2009

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  I made this the other night. Was nice, but couldn't really taste the lemon, so added the juice of half a lemon to it as well as the zest.

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• Shari

  27 October 2009

  Shari rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Followed the last comment and added the juice of half a lemon - tasted lovely and had good compliments from my guests! I served it with roasted garlic chicken thighs - was a great combination as the lemon cut through the slightly greasy chicken. Will definitely make again.

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Ingredients

• a mugful of American long grain rice
• 250g pack chestnut mushrooms
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 large garlic cloves , finely chopped
• 5 tbsp chopped parsley
• 3 tbsp snipped chives
• finely grated zest 1 lemon

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Serves 4

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Prep 20 30 mins

Ingredients

• a mugful of American long grain rice
• 250g pack chestnut mushrooms
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 large garlic cloves , finely chopped
• 5 tbsp chopped parsley
• 3 tbsp snipped chives
• finely grated zest 1 lemon

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