Easy Swiss Chard Recipe With Rice
This Swiss chard recipe with rice and a touch of cheese flavor will surely become your family's fav lunch/dinner/brunch meal. It's easy, delicious, light, and crave-worthy.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 300 g white basmati rice
- 600 g Swiss chard (any type: green, rainbow, or golden)
- 3 tablespoons rapeseed oil )or another neutral oil)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons of nutritional yeast flakes
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Cook the basmati rice in salted water according to the package instructions.
- Wash and cut the Swiss chard into pieces, separating the stems from the green leaves.
- Blanch the stems in salted boiling water for 10 minutes. Then, add the green leaves and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
- Strain the chard and mix it with the rapeseed oil, olive oil, and nutritional yeast flakes.
- Fluff the cooked rice with a fork and mix it together with the chard. For the best flavor, combine everything while still hot or warm (this way the tastes will mingle and develop beautifully).
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.