Tomato Rice Recipe

Name: Tomato Rice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Basmati rice 120 g; tomatoes 1 can; spring onions 4 pc; clove of garlic 1 pc; Vegetable broth 180 ml; brown sugar 1/2 tsp; butter 15 g; Salt 1 pinch; Pepper 1 pinch; thyme 1 tsp; majoram 1 tsp; basil leafs 8 pc; oil 5 tbs; Salt 1 pinch; Courgette 1 pc; oil 1 tbs; basil 1 bunch; pine nuts 3 tbs; parmesan 60 g; oliv oil 4 tbs; Salt 1 pinch; Pepper 1 pinch; balsamic vinegar 8 tbs; Pepper 1 pinch; vine tomatoes 1 panicle; oliv oil 1 tbs; brown sugar 1 tsp; Salt 1 pinch; Pepper 1 pinch

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Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer, cookbook author and blogger.
Here he shares recipes, answers cooking questions and helps with cooking.

The Tomato Rice Recipe I show you in this post.

A basmati rice with vegetables is usually a light and delicious side dish and becomes the main thing on your plate here.

Especially in summer such a rice with vegetables and tomatoes tastes especially delicious.

You probably know the rice from your last visit to the Greek restaurant.

A similar rice is often served as a side dish with roasted or grilled meat.

I would like to tempt you here to cook a fine, noble rice dish with tomatoes, crispy basil, basil pesto, a balsamic vinegar reduction and caramelized tomatoes.

The preparation of the rice plus supplements goes quickly by hand and will give you pleasure at the stove.

I wish you good luck and a good appetite!

Table of Contents

1. Recipe Tomato Rice
2. Nutritional Information
3. Shopping List Tomato Rice
4. Prepare Tomato Rice at a Glance
5. Supplements to Rice with Tomatoes
6. More Recipes Ideas

1. Recipe Tomato Rice

Below are the instructions for basmati tomato rice with crown:

Basil crispy, fresh tomatoes from the oven, pesto and Balsamico glace.

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Tomato Rice

Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.

Servings 2

Calories 605

Total Time 27 Min.

Preparation Time 15 Min.

Cook Time 12 Min.

Simple instructions for preparing tomato rice.

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Ingredients

Tomato Rice with Courgette, Oven Tomato and Fried Basil
120	g	Basmati rice
1	can	tomatoes (I use chunky tomatoes, 400g)
4	pc	spring onions (fresh)
1	pc	clove of garlic (fresh)
180	ml	Vegetable broth
1/2	tsp	brown sugar
15	g	butter
1	pinch	Salt
1	pinch	Pepper
1	tsp	thyme (fresh)
1	tsp	majoram (fresh)
8	pc	basil leafs (fresh)
5	tbs	oil (for frying the basil leaves)
1	pinch	Salt
1	pc	Courgette
1	tbs	oil (for frying the zucchini cubes)
Basil Pesto
1	bunch	basil
3	tbs	pine nuts
60	g	parmesan (or Pecorino hard cheese)
4	tbs	oliv oil
1	pinch	Salt
1	pinch	Pepper
Balsamic Glace
8	tbs	balsamic vinegar (I like to use an original Italian Aceto Balsamico.)
1	pinch	Pepper (freshly grounded)
Caramelised Vine Tomatoes from the Oven
1	panicle	vine tomatoes (small tomatoes)
1	tbs	oliv oil
1	tsp	brown sugar
1	pinch	Salt
1	pinch	Pepper

Instruction

Marinated cocktail tomatoes before cooking in the oven. — Marinated cocktail tomatoes prepared for stewing and caramelizing.

Prepare tomatoes

Place the small vine tomatoes on the panicle in a fireproof open dish.

Add a little olive oil, sugar, salt and pepper.

Cook in the oven at 220°C for about 15 minutes.

Caramelized stewed tomatoes close-up — Braised tomatoes, caramelized.

Provide tomatoes

Keep the tomatoes warm in the oven until serving.

Basil leaves on a board. — Basil leaves plucked.

Prepare basil

Pluck the basil leaves from the bunch.

Crispy basil, the leaves taste delicious. — Crispy fried basil leaves.

Prepare herb chips

Fry the basil leaves in enough hot oil in a pan.

Lightly season with salt.

Place on a kitchen paper so that the oil can drip off.

Prepare zucchini

Prepare the courgette for roasting in the pan.

Wash, dry and quarter the courgettes and remove the seeds.

Zucchini diced photographed on a board. — Diced zucchini

Dice zucchini

Cut the courgette into cubes of about 1 cm in size.

fried zucchini cubes in a pan. — Seared zucchini cubes.

Zucchini anbraten

Fry the courgette dices in a pan with a little oil.

Roasted pine nuts in a pan. — Roasted pine nuts

Prepare pine nuts

Roast the pine nuts in a pan WITHOUT oil.

Pesto ingredients in a blender jar — Ingredients for Pesto Genovese in a blender jar.

Prepare pesto

Add basil, roasted pine nuts, virgin olive oil, parmesan, salt and pepper to the blender.

Pesto in a blender jar. — Freshly prepared basil pesto in a blender jar.

Prepare pesto

Mix or puree the ingredients for the pesto cold.

Homemade basil pesto photographed in a glass. — Pesto Genovese photographed in a glass.

Provide pesto

Pour the finished basil pesto into a sealable jar.

A part of the pesto is placed on the plates for decoration.

Ready-made balsamic vinegar reduction. — Balsamic vinegar boiled down in a saucepan. this balsamic sauce is also called balsamic ice cream.

Prepare balsamic glaze

Cook the balsamic vinegar in a small pot for max. 10 minutes. Season with pepper.

Boil rice, fry rice with onions and butter beforehand. — Rice with onions and butter when frying and rice "toast".

Prepare rice

Cut the spring onions into rings and sauté in a pan with butter and rice.

Add the peeled clove of garlic, finely chopped, a little later.

Add the chunky tomatoes to the rice. — Add canned tomatoes to the rice.

Add tomatoes

Add the tomatoes to the rice in the pot.

Tomato rice with vegetable broth in a saucepan. — Top up the tomato rice with vegetable stock.

Add broth

Add the vegetable stock.

Ready-cooked tomato rice. — Cooked tomato rice on a wooden spoon.

Cook rice ready

Let the rice simmer for 12 minutes at low heat.

The pot remains open, the rice is cooked WITHOUT a lid, otherwise the green ingredients turn grey.

Serving rice made easy, with a serving ring it is perfect. — Serve tomato rice as a dish: Shape the rice with the serving ring, with pesto, balsamic vinegar reduction, zucchini and crispy basil leaves.

Arrange rice

Season the rice with a little butter, salt and pepper.

Arrange the rice on a plate with a ring.
Sprinkle the fried courgette cubes on the plate, add pesto, balsamic vinegar reduction and crispy basil leaves.

Decorate the rice with thyme blossoms and marjoram leaves.

Place the caramelized tomato in the middle of the rice, serve the rest of the tomatoes separately.

Serve quickly, enjoy your meal!

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2. Nutritional Information

3. Shopping List Tomato Rice

For your rice with tomatoes you need the following ingredients…

basmati rice
gourgette
spring onions
chunky canned tomatoes
fresh garlic
salt, pepper, sugar
butter
oil
fresh thyme, marjoram

The exact quantities of the ingredients can be found in Recipe.

Ingredients for the rice with tomatoes.

4. Prepare Tomato Rice at a Glance

You can prepare a fine Italian rice with chunky tomatoes and vegetables in a pot:

Fry spring onions in butter with uncooked Basmati rice until translucent.
Add a can of chunky tomatoes.
Add vegetable broth to the rice and season to taste.
Cook the rice without lid until firm to the bite over a low heat.
The liquid evaporates almost completely, resulting in a creamy rice.
Fry the courgettes diced in the pan and after cooking add to the rice or arrange separately.
Fry the basil leaves in oil in the pan and place on top of the rice.
Garnish with fresh herbs.