What to add to Fish and Rice for flavour

Minime2.5 · 27-07-2020 4:33pm #1

What would you add to the following ingredients to ramp up the flavour

White Rice
White Fish
Carrots
Peas

bladespin · 27-07-2020 4:52pm

Lemon, goes well with fish and rice.

s1ippy · 27-07-2020 4:53pm

I second lemon. Paprika gives dishes a nice flavour too, and fresh chives make it even more refreshing. I think that's my favourite flavour combination in plain food.

Conall Cernach · 27-07-2020 4:54pm

Salt for a start.

Purple Mountain · 27-07-2020 4:56pm

bladespin wrote: »

Lemon, goes well with fish and rice.

Put the lemon in the tinfoil with the fish in the oven. Delicious.

Ultima Thule · 27-07-2020 4:58pm

A dash of Soya sauce

El_Duderino 09 · 27-07-2020 4:59pm

Depends on the objective. You could just use soy sauce or a dressing with some lime, garlic, chilli, soy sauce and fish sauce all mixed together and drizzled over the rest. Would be high in salt though.

bullpost · 27-07-2020 5:03pm

samphire

Mervyn Skidmore · 27-07-2020 5:04pm

Teriyaki sauce.

frag420 · 27-07-2020 5:06pm

Try jollof rice...

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/jollof-rice-chicken

JH_raheny · 30-07-2020 9:52am

You could just add 1/2 teaspoon of Turmeric to the water when boiling them (don't forget salt) and maybe buy a better quality of rice.

Patsy167 · 30-07-2020 1:22pm

Some great suggestions on this infographic

https://i.redd.it/bfetd596wi751.png

Alf Veedersane · 30-07-2020 1:30pm

Have the fish with a rice cake.

Win.

Tefral · 30-07-2020 1:35pm

with fish i have heated a small bit of pepperoni in the frying pan before so that the oil leaks out and then just fried the fish in that. gives a nice subtle hint of flavour.

smelly sock · 30-07-2020 1:40pm

Chips

30-07-2020 1:41pm

Tefral wrote: »

with fish i have heated a small bit of pepperoni in the frying pan before so that the oil leaks out and then just fried the fish in that. gives a nice subtle hint of flavour.

Came in to say the same, only I use chorizo. Just a few small pieces releases enough oil to fry either the fish or rice in without being overly unhealthy, especially seeing as you don't need any other fats for cooking the fish. Adds salt also, so be careful.

frag420 · 30-07-2020 3:26pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Came in to say the same, only I use chorizo. Just a few small pieces releases enough oil to fry either the fish or rice in without being overly unhealthy, especially seeing as you don't need any other fats for cooking the fish. Adds salt also, so be careful.

Bacon lardons work well too...

Also, rub some Sumac seasoning on the fish if you fry or grill it, it’s damn tasty!

El_Duderino 09 · 31-07-2020 12:03am

frag420 wrote: »

Bacon lardons work well too...

Also, rub some Sumac seasoning on the fish if you fry or grill it, it’s damn tasty!

Never even heard of sumac until a few weeks ago. It's really good as a rub as you suggested. Sweet and tangy and incredibly lemony.

ongarite · 31-07-2020 1:08pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Have the fish with a rice cake.

Win.

Eight o’clock in the morning I’ll have fish and a rice cake. At 10 o’clock, I’ll have fish. At 12 o’clock, I’ll have fish and a rice cake. At two o’clock, I’ll have fish. At four o’clock – just before I train – I’ll have fish and a rice cake. I’ll train, I’ll have me fish. I’ll come home, have some more fish, with a rice cake, and then have some more fish before I go to bed.

trashcan · 31-07-2020 1:13pm

Ultima Thule wrote: »

A dash of Soya sauce

Yep, soy sauce with rice gives it a great flavour.

Mellor · 05-08-2020 2:34am

At a bare minimum I'd be adding a source of fat or oil, a herb or spice, and salt.
The better suggestions above combine those btw

bladespin · 05-08-2020 10:18am

ongarite wrote: »

Eight o’clock in the morning I’ll have fish and a rice cake. At 10 o’clock, I’ll have fish. At 12 o’clock, I’ll have fish and a rice cake. At two o’clock, I’ll have fish. At four o’clock – just before I train – I’ll have fish and a rice cake. I’ll train, I’ll have me fish. I’ll come home, have some more fish, with a rice cake, and then have some more fish before I go to bed.

I use fish and rice a lot when I'm trying to lean in but that's a lot, why so limited???

Just being nosey soz

coffee_cake · 05-08-2020 11:02am

smoked coley is amazing for flavour as well imo

but yeah sumac

krissovo · 05-08-2020 11:09am

A simple home made parsley sauce with a bit of vegetable stock added will elevate that dish quite nicely.

Another alternative is to cook the fish (cut into chunks) in cream with Samphire and small amount vegetable stock for taste for 5 minutes and you have a really luxurious meal. This works with rice, pasta or potatoes.

1hnr79jr65 · 05-08-2020 11:16am

For the rice, use a knorr stockpot, depending the flavor profile of the protein you are having they have lots of choices.

Personally i find the kaffir lime & ginger or smoked chilli and tomato the best.

I have used the lamb stock pot for noodles, amazing flavor added.

If you used soy with the fish, the kaffir lime & ginger to cook the rice would be a good combo i reckon.