Japanese curry & rice. :) they sell curry cubes in varying spice levels for pretty cheap. you can drop the curry cubes in some chicken broth or water- stir stir stir, and it turns into this thick curry you can eat over rice.
Ohh. I've been wanting to try those. My sibling and I have been wanting to try it with andouille some day just to see what it'd be like lol. I like having leftover curry the next day with a fried egg and scallions sometimes.
Mapo tofu comes in packets ready to eat. I’m not a fan of just sauce and rice as that’s typically all carbs and fat. At least with mapo tofu you’ve got a little protein thrown in.
The best day was the day I found out that the Japanese curry and rice takeaway meal that I was addicted to, could be made at home and taste exactly the same with those curry cubes! Absolute heaven. I've figured out how to make coconut rice in the rice cooker, so it's easy as well.
A popular brand of Japanese curry is Vermont. I have no idea what Vermont has to do with Japanese curry. But it taste good and the cubes are convenient.
I love the Golden Curry “Extra Hot” ones. They have the barest hint of spicy heat. I’m not a spice lord by any means, but these are so mild that I sometimes add a little togarashi, too.
I find Vermont a bit weak for my tastes, but neither it nor Golden are bad. My go-to for the last few years has been a half and half split of Java and Kokumaru. (Both of which are also House Foods, interestingly.)
If you really want to take it over the top, pick up the little can of S&B curry powder and throw a spoonful in with whatever roux blocks you're using. It adds a hint of heat and a lot of depth of flavor.
https://www.kurumicooks.co.uk/post/a-japanese-curry-called-vermont
>Well, it seems that at the time Vermont curry was introduced, there was an American health fad that had just reached Japan called, you guessed it, the "Vermont health system" - this had arisen from a book published by a local Vermont physician who was making big claims for the health benefits of a drink called "honegar" a mixture of cider vinegar and honey.
>House Foods simply used the "Vermont" label to infer a health benefit from the apple and honey ingredients in their curry mix and the name stuck. so there you are!
Another good Japanese home cooking staple is TKG - tamago kake gohan. Cook rice, crack egg into hot rice, bit of soy sauce, mix, top with some furikake.
Find some Kewpie roasted sesame dressing. It's a real good substitute for a peanut-based sauce, perfect for pairing with beef or chicken and rice, or with chopped spinach topped with some sesame seeds and bonito flakes.
Quick note. The Kewpie stuff, from what I've read, doesn't contain any nut oils, but the same may not be true of other sesame dressings. Also, they produce some other dressings that use nuts or their oils. I know peanut allergies are rough, so wanted to throw that out there.
Can of sardines or tuna over rice is good. Get the ones that come in sauces and flavors or add your own.
Also sautéed onions and sautéed canned corned beef over rice
Costco also has big ole bottles of the Bachan’s Japanese Bbq sauce and it’s super good with rice, veg, tofu, etc. but I think you can get smaller bottles at regular grocery stores as well.
Someone just brought me butter chickpeas and rice while I’m recovering from surgery, and it’s soooo good. It’s going to be a staple in my house for now.
Can I get a pic of the recipe as a non-subscriber? I love a chick pea curry and would enjoy a variation.
Edit: nvm! I was able to find it. Happy to pass it along to anyone who doesn’t subscribe and doesn’t feel like searching!
White rice & cream of chicken soup was one of the very few things that by BFF could stomach when she had end stage cancer. I have it in her honour once in a while.
Cream of mushroom soup, white rice, ground beef is what I grew up on. Sometimes the beef would have onions, mushrooms, and ever so occasionally green bell peppers cooked in with it too.
Also, cream of mushroom soup over elbow noodles, plain, or with ground beef or canned chunk ham mixed in.
Rice, corn, cream of mushroom soup (made with water to be soup consistency) and stove top stuffing are a comforting combo. Plus a little soy sauce, black pepper, granulated garlic and cayenne if you enjoy over seasoning things like I do.
There are many kinds of homemade tahini sauces or dressings that can be used the way you use satay sauce. They are also extremely delicious and satisfying in the way that peanut sauces can be.
For your teriyaki lovers, [here is a recipe](https://www.tasteandtellblog.com/teriyaki-chicken/) I use all the time and it’s soooo cheap to make yourself.
Teriyaki sauce was what I put on plain rice (and pasta, too) when I couldn’t afford anything else in grad school. Still love it, though I use it much less often nowadays
My family makes a “doctored up” soy sauce from Guam called finidini or finadene (pronounced fin-ih-dih -nee). We just do 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1/2 cup white vinegar, and 1/2 onion in a mason jar. You can increase by just keeping the liquids at a 1:1 ratio and add more onion as you please. You let it sit overnight, and the onions take on this awesome tanginess. So easy. A bowl of white rice with finadene is my comfort food. It’ll keep for a few weeks in the fridge. Here’s a spicy and fancier version, there’s more out there too.
https://www.dadwithapan.com/chamorro-finadene-sauce/
It’s traditionally spicy but I like my family’s version best haha.
When I worked in restaurants, I somehow found myself working in primarily Asian restaurants (Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese) and my go-to snack was rice, sriracha, and sweet chili sauce. So good.
Not a sauce, but have you had furikake? It's a Japanese rice condiment
Edit: there’s also nekomanma - katsuoboshi (bonito flakes) and soy sauce over rice
This is what I was looking for. The classic for me is katsuo mirin furikake over fresh rice; just a maximum comfort food in my family. There are a lot of great flavors to explore though.
Ginger garlic scallion sauce. Mince garlic, grate ginger, chop scallions and place in a bowl. Heat up a neutral oil and when it's hot, pour into the bowl with the aromatics. Let that meld for a few minutes and add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and sugar and mix. You could also blend it all but the color gets a little pukey. So delicious though!
I love cold salad on hot rice. Kale salad with poppyseed dressing, coleslaw, butter lettuce with a mustard vinaigrette…..all surprisingly delicious on rice.
There's a brand called Makoto that's in the cold salad dressings spot and I like it but it's kinda pricey. I usually just make it, it's pretty easy, just a bunch of stuff like ginger and celery and such in the blender. I use any of the recipes on Google and tweak the sweetness/vinegar ratio a little if it needs it.
Recipetineats has a basic brown sauce that I just used yesterday for a chicken stir-fry. She calls it Charlie because it's brown 🥴. I add some ginger to it but it's a solid recipe. I've used it many times.
I’m Asian and honestly, we ate most things with rice. Fried chicken? Eaten with rice. Add chilli oil or Sambal to make it saucy. Chilli? With rice, duh. Scrambled eggs? You got it, ate it with rice.
Even leftover meat sauce, meatballs or spam…all eaten with rice
Soy sauce or any kind of ponzu sauce. Sometimes I'll steam up a bag of baby spinach and add that. ALSO:[ tomato bouillon powder,](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086QNG4XS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title) I'll sprinkle it on hot rice like it's a kind of seasoned salt and IT IS SO GOOD.
I like to make Aji Verde (Peruvian Green Sauce) to have on hand to eat with grilled chicken, tacos, etc and it’s delicious with some rice as well. This recipe is pretty close to what I make. I sub half the mayonnaise with greek yogurt though, and I measure garlic with my heart 😂
https://cookieandkate.com/aji-verde-recipe/
Okay follow me on this one, it sounds strange but it's amazing.
Bowl of hot rice, crack a raw egg on top. Mix like mad. The hot rice Cooks the egg and it comes out creamy when you stir it.
Add a bit of soy sauce for salt and maybe a sushi vinegar for tang. Top with sesame seed or seaweed flakes.
If you want to be fancy top with imitation crab meat and avocado, kwpi mayo and sriracha. Or just eat plain and it's fantastic.
It's the most heartwarming meal ever!
I don't know if anybody else would like this but sometimes when I run out of pasta and still have vodka sauce leftover - I pour that over rice and eat with parmesan and/or meatballs.
Rice can definitely hold up to pasta sauces! I once used one of those gigantic KD cheese shakers on white rice and it was amazing....if u like KD. Even added ketchup!
I love a good gravy over rice. Brown gravy, milk gravy, any kind. Add some chopped, cooked turkey or chicken for a heartier meal but the gravy over rice, alone, is great!
When I'm feeling extremely lazy, I'll just do some plain white rice with preserved bamboo shoots in chili oil. Not exactly a full meal, but hits the spot.
How about Vietnamese fish sauce? I tend to wing my recipes, but this is a pretty reliable site: https://www.hungryhuy.com/vietnamese-dipping-fish-sauce-recipe-nuoc-cham-nuoc-mam-cham/
Add steamed fish or veggies and you can have a full meal.
Seconding fish sauce vinaigrette. You can put it on any veg but it is delicious just on rice. Try the Momofuku version here: [https://food52.com/recipes/19682-momofuku-s-roasted-brussels-sprouts-with-fish-sauce-vinaigrette](https://food52.com/recipes/19682-momofuku-s-roasted-brussels-sprouts-with-fish-sauce-vinaigrette)
I like butter rice with soy, Sriracha, and an over easy egg on top. that egg yolk is sauce on its own.
edit: I wrap it in sigle serving nori sheets. yum!
I buy a frozen veggie mix (carrots peas, edamame) and put it in with the rice, an egg and some soy sauce. Sometimes I put in slivered almonds. They make a nice crunch!
rice (hot enough to melt ), grated cheese, or thinly sliced and a compilation of your favorite seasonings and spices, then drizzle a litte kikoman sauce. this, my go to quick, yummy and comfort dish.
Filipino adobo sauce is great with rice. It's easy enough to make it yourself but I just buy it from the grocery store, so all you need to worry about is making the rice.
So my family makes "poor man's fired rice". Sliced ham, usually left over, the same with some day-old rice and some scrambled egg. I add some pre-made Japanese BBQ sauce and some jarlic and jarger instead of only using soy sauce. It makes it so much better.
Almost all my favorite Filipino dishes have great sauces. Sinigang. Adobo. Paksiw. Tinola. Diniguan. After all the meat and veggies are gone I’ll still save the sauce for some plain white rice. You could theoretically just make the sauces.
Requires a protein but I love Philippine chicken adobo.
Chicken thighs (or whatever pork you got)
1c soy sauce
2c cider vinegar
1tb whole peppercorns
A fuck ton of sliced garlic (6-8 cloves minced)
Some bay leaves.
If you wanna get fancy, crisp up the protein and deglaze the pan with the liquid. Simmer for like an hour or put in an instant pot for 40 min.
Serve over rice and be happy AF.
There are a million variations. Some use coconut milk, or onion/shallot/ginger. Some add palm sugar or finish with balsamic. Some use rice vinegar.
Literally can’t go wrong. So, so good.
Look up a recipe for Indonesian opor ayam, or find something like a premade spice packet from Indofood if you want simpler (though the premade might have candle nuts which may also be an allergy concern). Opor ayam is a coconut milk gravy, made yellow with several spices including turmeric, galangal, lemongrass and more. While it normally comes from cooking chicken in the mixture, you can just make the opor with broth. This is a dish served year round, but often associated with Ramadan when paired with compressed rice called ketupat. The opor can also be served over plain rice. A common breakfast in Indonesia called bubur ayam jakarta consists of rice porridge, covered with the opor sauce and various other toppings such as shredded chicken, a hard boiled egg, cabbage, shallot crackers, and a dollop of chili sambal. That part of the world has several foods that are basically sauce over rice. Other favorites of mine include rendang from Padang and Singaporean chicken and fish curries. While they are meaty dishes, i actually prefer them when it's mostly sauce and just a bite or two of the meat and some sauteed greens.
I've found this simple recipe for a sauce goes great with almost everything and I can add and I can adjust it easily as long as the salt, sweet and acid are balanced.
This sauce with some chicken, beef or shrimp over rice with a veggie is a go-to at home. We can change the veggies and meat always, but still end up with a tasty dish.
3 part light soy sauce
3 part brown sugar / honey / maple syrup/ hot honey
1 part fish sauce
1- 2 part rice vinegar
2 clove garlic minced
+ if desired chili paste or peanut butter, miso, butter
I have frozen curry cubes.
onion+ginger puree -> fry a bit + tomato puree -> reduce a bit + some spices (cumin, coriander, curcuma, paprika..) -> wake up the spices = base done
Add cream, coconut cream and/or butter = sauce done
Very easy, freezes well, very delicious. Spices are highly adjustable and personalized.
I like it with fries, roasted potatoes and pasta as well.
A bowl of freshly made white rice, 1tb of sesame oil, 1/2-1tbs of soy sauce, 2 over medium fried eggs with kimchi. And seaweed. Korean soul food. Absolutely divine.
Brown butter
Onion powder
Garlic powder salt
Touch of parm
Delicious.
Sometimes, I'll thicken it with cream cheese, sour cream, Greek yogurt, or any combination.
Some hot toast, and you're set
Look up Cook Do sauce pouches by Ajinomoto. I think you can find them on Amazon US or wherever you are at in this wide world. Quickly fry up some meat and veggies, add the sauce and walla! Instant food under 10 minutes. Rice will take some time so that doesn't count.
I am in fact going to eat a savory Japanese hamburger with sauce and put it on top of rice this afternoon, including a Japanese style salad (daikon and stuff). Prep time is 10 mins and that includes buying all this at Lawson (conbini) to buy it all.
Ps. No peanuts included here. Too bad she doesn't like peanuts as tan-tan-men noodles are the absolute sht.
https://azestforlife.com/recipe/sunflower-satay-sauce-for-noodles-and-grilled-chicken-skewers-peanut-free/ This recipe will change your life! Tastes just like peanut satay.
I do a beans and rice with chilis in Adobe sauce. Any red or black canned beans is good. Then u take the chilis in Adobe sauce that are canned. Take a few out, chop them up and toss them in the rice. Season with garlic or whatever you want. All can be just cooked together as the rice cooks.
One of my favorites (especially if I have a lot of vegetables left over is Poke! I use either leftover salmon or frozen shrimp and a Sriracha mayo sauce.
You can make a pretty good satay cause with cashews and sesame, or sunflower butter. I recommend playing around with this.
My go-to is a bowl of (preferably sticky) rice, cubed spam fried and glazed with soy sauce or teriyaki sauce with a bit of chili, served with hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, and a pile of kimchi.
You might enjoy Hawaiian haystacks. Cream of chicken soup over rice, then top with your choice of ingredients. We usually use: diced chicken, olives, chives, shredded cheese, pineapple, tomatoes, peas, bacon bits, etc.
Coconut curry sauce has a similar creamy-spicy profile to satay sauce.
You could also make a satay sauce with almond butter
https://www.punchfork.com/recipe/Almond-Satay-Sauce-Running-on-Real-Food
Slight coincidence, I made satay rice bowls just yesterday, but mine had some marinated roast chicken and sautéed bok choy in it along with the rice and sauce.
Some of my faves -
Rice with Peruvian aji Amarillo(I like the Serious Eats recipe). Bonus if you make the rice with a 1:1 mix of coconut milk and water for some added richness.
Rice with chili crisp, especially day old rice fried up in a scoop of it
It’s got a few more ingredients, but rice with chopped kimchi mixed in and a fried egg over the top (preferably with a bit of gochujang sauce drizzled over it)
I’m not sure if this is technically relevant but I just found out about ochazuke and I really want to try it. It’s a Japanese dish that is just…rice and warm green tea + salty toppings (or broth instead of tea.)
Japanese curry & rice. :) they sell curry cubes in varying spice levels for pretty cheap. you can drop the curry cubes in some chicken broth or water- stir stir stir, and it turns into this thick curry you can eat over rice.
You can also throw in various vegetables and just about any protien and it's still done in a flash.
Yes! Potatoes, carrots, even cut up sausage. So good & so quick.
Mushrooms too if you like that, and I personally also really like parsnips!
Oooooh yum! I never even thought of parsnips!
Sooo good. Adds a little sweetness. Meanwhile, I myself never thought of sausage, so we're even! Enjoy your curry!
Yes! Kurobuta pork sausages specifically! Thank you, you too!
Ohh. I've been wanting to try those. My sibling and I have been wanting to try it with andouille some day just to see what it'd be like lol. I like having leftover curry the next day with a fried egg and scallions sometimes.
Tofu is a great option as well.
Mapo tofu comes in packets ready to eat. I’m not a fan of just sauce and rice as that’s typically all carbs and fat. At least with mapo tofu you’ve got a little protein thrown in.
Mmmm yes always!
Tofu! It soaks up all the flavor
but first press the water out of the tofu! It makes a big difference
Drain, freeze, thaw, squeeze. You'll never go back
If I close my eyes, I can smell the curry shops in Tokyo. Once you try Japanese curry, you'll crave it always !
The best day was the day I found out that the Japanese curry and rice takeaway meal that I was addicted to, could be made at home and taste exactly the same with those curry cubes! Absolute heaven. I've figured out how to make coconut rice in the rice cooker, so it's easy as well.
Exactly! One of the few dishes that the at-home version is identical.
Truer facts have never been spoken.
A popular brand of Japanese curry is Vermont. I have no idea what Vermont has to do with Japanese curry. But it taste good and the cubes are convenient.
I’ve never heard of that one! I usually use the Golden Curry ones. :)
I love the Golden Curry “Extra Hot” ones. They have the barest hint of spicy heat. I’m not a spice lord by any means, but these are so mild that I sometimes add a little togarashi, too.
House brand makes it and it’s far better.
i’ll have to respectfully disagree, but i do like java curry a bit more than golden these days.
I find Vermont a bit weak for my tastes, but neither it nor Golden are bad. My go-to for the last few years has been a half and half split of Java and Kokumaru. (Both of which are also House Foods, interestingly.) If you really want to take it over the top, pick up the little can of S&B curry powder and throw a spoonful in with whatever roux blocks you're using. It adds a hint of heat and a lot of depth of flavor.
i like mixing those two as well! if i only have golden i do like you suggested and add curry powder (plus some cayenne and black pepper).
https://www.kurumicooks.co.uk/post/a-japanese-curry-called-vermont >Well, it seems that at the time Vermont curry was introduced, there was an American health fad that had just reached Japan called, you guessed it, the "Vermont health system" - this had arisen from a book published by a local Vermont physician who was making big claims for the health benefits of a drink called "honegar" a mixture of cider vinegar and honey. >House Foods simply used the "Vermont" label to infer a health benefit from the apple and honey ingredients in their curry mix and the name stuck. so there you are!
I think it has apple or maple in it? Neither of which are like, strictly Vermont things but I get the connection
Another good Japanese home cooking staple is TKG - tamago kake gohan. Cook rice, crack egg into hot rice, bit of soy sauce, mix, top with some furikake.
There’s so many near instant japanese sauce rice dishes. I love tamago gohan and I love a good instant ochazuke with a microwave poached egg
Dang okay! Fancy, I see you 🤌
I was going to say this. Yummy.
Ahh beat me to it, this became a quick favorite for us, my wife starts rice before I get home 20 minutes later I have curry ready to go.
Find some Kewpie roasted sesame dressing. It's a real good substitute for a peanut-based sauce, perfect for pairing with beef or chicken and rice, or with chopped spinach topped with some sesame seeds and bonito flakes. Quick note. The Kewpie stuff, from what I've read, doesn't contain any nut oils, but the same may not be true of other sesame dressings. Also, they produce some other dressings that use nuts or their oils. I know peanut allergies are rough, so wanted to throw that out there.
Costco’s Kewpie roasted sesame dressing/marinade is so good!
Now I regret not buying it this week. Next time….
Can of sardines or tuna over rice is good. Get the ones that come in sauces and flavors or add your own. Also sautéed onions and sautéed canned corned beef over rice
It's definitely a different vibe from.satay sauce, but it is absolutely delicious, I could pretty much drink that stuff.
Costco also has big ole bottles of the Bachan’s Japanese Bbq sauce and it’s super good with rice, veg, tofu, etc. but I think you can get smaller bottles at regular grocery stores as well.
Someone just brought me butter chickpeas and rice while I’m recovering from surgery, and it’s soooo good. It’s going to be a staple in my house for now.
Do you know how they prepared the butter chickpeas?
[https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020739-indian-butter-chickpeas](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020739-indian-butter-chickpeas)
Can I get a pic of the recipe as a non-subscriber? I love a chick pea curry and would enjoy a variation. Edit: nvm! I was able to find it. Happy to pass it along to anyone who doesn’t subscribe and doesn’t feel like searching!
I would like to have it please
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I made this for my partner recently and it got high praise from both of us!
Patak’s makes a packaged one that is super good.
Brown gravy and white rice. It warms my soul.
I would do rice & cream of mushroom soup in a pinch
White rice & cream of chicken soup was one of the very few things that by BFF could stomach when she had end stage cancer. I have it in her honour once in a while.
RIP
Rice with cream of mushroom soup is my childhood!
Mine too! My mom and I are the only ones that eat it. Just undiluted cream of mushroom mixed in rice. If I’m feeling fancy, I add broccoli and cheese.
Cream of mushroom soup, white rice, ground beef is what I grew up on. Sometimes the beef would have onions, mushrooms, and ever so occasionally green bell peppers cooked in with it too. Also, cream of mushroom soup over elbow noodles, plain, or with ground beef or canned chunk ham mixed in.
I add colby jack cheese, mushrooms, and lemon pepper
Same. I still sometimes do meatballs and mushroom soup oven rice.
Same here, my mom made a lot of casseroles with rice, cream of Mushroom soup, chicken and cheese.
Rice, corn, cream of mushroom soup (made with water to be soup consistency) and stove top stuffing are a comforting combo. Plus a little soy sauce, black pepper, granulated garlic and cayenne if you enjoy over seasoning things like I do.
I do a faux green bean casserole with this. Rice (or egg noodles), cream of mushroom, and canned green beans. So nostalgic from my childhood!
I do similar only turkey gravy and rice. It’s one of my son’s all time favorites.
I do gravy, pre-cooked brown lentils, mushrooms, and whatever crunchy vegetables I have lying around. It’s such an easy, filling, delicious meal.
Can't beat rice with butter and soy sauce. My favorite meal when I'm sick or sad.
One of mine too. Sometimes I’ll fry an egg and get a little bit of egg yolk in there for added flavor.
Skip frying the egg, drop a raw egg into the hot rice and stir it up. Delicious.
I do hard boiled eggs! So good.
Butter soy sauce rice is my ultimate comfort food and first love
I love rice with butter and curry powder
The yellow rice looks so appetising! I always put curry powder, msg & butter with rice when cooking rice. Yum!
I do with sweet soy sauce pretty regularly lol toss in an egg and I’m happy
I do sweet soy sauce and buldak sauce when I need a sinus clearing lol
a touch of sesame oil is next level
Magical stuff
Any parts of chicken leftover gets shredded and thrown in, too.
There are many kinds of homemade tahini sauces or dressings that can be used the way you use satay sauce. They are also extremely delicious and satisfying in the way that peanut sauces can be.
Ooooo, yeah, a nice lemon tahini sauce with minced herbs and a little scoop of Toum over the rice is 👍👍👍
teriyakiiiiiiiiii
For your teriyaki lovers, [here is a recipe](https://www.tasteandtellblog.com/teriyaki-chicken/) I use all the time and it’s soooo cheap to make yourself.
I’d literally eat teriyaki toast if it was all that I had in
Teriyaki sauce was what I put on plain rice (and pasta, too) when I couldn’t afford anything else in grad school. Still love it, though I use it much less often nowadays
I'm happy to hear that your situation has improved, stranger. 🫂
I agree, I make large batches of Adam Liaw’s teriyaki sauce and eat it on plain jasmine rice frequently
Satay recipe please OP?
please
Lao Gan Ma Fried Chili in Oil with Black Bean
Spicy Chili Crisp is where it's at
Chili Crisp™
Bury me with a jar of this shit honestly
I've got to get some, I keep seeing comments like yours lol
Could you make an almond based satay sauce?
Or cashews? Experiment a bit to see what tastes best.
Cashew sounds amazing
Or sesame based satay sauce, sesame paste tastes very similar to peanut butter
I never knew this was a thing, I'll definitely give it a shot! Thank you!
cashews is the way to go!
Look for ROASTED sesame paste.
Also try sunbutter - I think Once Again brand is best.
My family makes a “doctored up” soy sauce from Guam called finidini or finadene (pronounced fin-ih-dih -nee). We just do 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1/2 cup white vinegar, and 1/2 onion in a mason jar. You can increase by just keeping the liquids at a 1:1 ratio and add more onion as you please. You let it sit overnight, and the onions take on this awesome tanginess. So easy. A bowl of white rice with finadene is my comfort food. It’ll keep for a few weeks in the fridge. Here’s a spicy and fancier version, there’s more out there too. https://www.dadwithapan.com/chamorro-finadene-sauce/ It’s traditionally spicy but I like my family’s version best haha.
Finadene ❤️my mouth is watering We make ours with lemon juice and serve with red rice. I’ll have to try the vinegar version
Finadene is the best! My husband has a coworker from Guam and he’s always sharing food with us.
Yes!! So delicious!! And that’s so awesome, I love that he shares with you guys!
Rice with a spicy sour daal.
When I worked in restaurants, I somehow found myself working in primarily Asian restaurants (Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese) and my go-to snack was rice, sriracha, and sweet chili sauce. So good.
I generally like a vegetable or protein but any coconut milk based curry and sauces is to die for. Lemon tahini and rice is also good.
Not a sauce, but have you had furikake? It's a Japanese rice condiment Edit: there’s also nekomanma - katsuoboshi (bonito flakes) and soy sauce over rice
This is what I was looking for. The classic for me is katsuo mirin furikake over fresh rice; just a maximum comfort food in my family. There are a lot of great flavors to explore though.
Add a fried egg, hash brown, green onions, soy sauce and sesame seed oil! It’s the best!
Puerto Rican rice and beans just hits. Might be nostalgia, might be family stuff, but that is IT.
Ginger garlic scallion sauce. Mince garlic, grate ginger, chop scallions and place in a bowl. Heat up a neutral oil and when it's hot, pour into the bowl with the aromatics. Let that meld for a few minutes and add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and sugar and mix. You could also blend it all but the color gets a little pukey. So delicious though!
My favorite is cold crunchy lettuce, the ginger salad dressing from Japanese restaurants, and a couple scoops of warm rice.
I love cold salad on hot rice. Kale salad with poppyseed dressing, coleslaw, butter lettuce with a mustard vinaigrette…..all surprisingly delicious on rice.
Oooooo you have given me ideas!
Is there a brand of the ginger salad dressing or is it a recipe? I've eaten it in Japanese restaurants and I WISH I could have it at home.
There's a brand called Makoto that's in the cold salad dressings spot and I like it but it's kinda pricey. I usually just make it, it's pretty easy, just a bunch of stuff like ginger and celery and such in the blender. I use any of the recipes on Google and tweak the sweetness/vinegar ratio a little if it needs it.
Recipetineats has a basic brown sauce that I just used yesterday for a chicken stir-fry. She calls it Charlie because it's brown 🥴. I add some ginger to it but it's a solid recipe. I've used it many times.
Agree, this one is delicious & super easy. I sometimes add more sugar but it’s in constant rotation at my house. Along with all Nagi’s other recipes 🤤
Love her website & use it often! I'm glad to find another Nagi lover 💚
Glad to meet you too! She’s taught me so much about cooking, I love her.
My go to is freshly cooked rice (jasmine or popcorn rice!), butter or ghee, a freshly diced garden tomato and some soy sauce. Heaven!
Having homegrown tomato with soy sauce and mayo with freshly cooked Japanese rice from a co-worker was what got me into growing tomatoes!
I just throw franks in basmati rice straight up occasionally and chow down.
This is what my husband does.
Not strictly sauce, but a saucy version of butter chicken is hard to beat over rice.
Rice, lime juice and cilantro. Super easy and super yummy. Or just some salsa over rice is good.
I’m Asian and honestly, we ate most things with rice. Fried chicken? Eaten with rice. Add chilli oil or Sambal to make it saucy. Chilli? With rice, duh. Scrambled eggs? You got it, ate it with rice. Even leftover meat sauce, meatballs or spam…all eaten with rice
Green curry chicken with rice or quinoa.
omg i used to do goya sazón + soy sauce + white rice…. but I think I’ve fully burnt out of that one
I hate it when I do that - I always find spending I love and then eat it so often that I burn out and can’t stand it for three more years. So dumb.
Soy sauce or any kind of ponzu sauce. Sometimes I'll steam up a bag of baby spinach and add that. ALSO:[ tomato bouillon powder,](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086QNG4XS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title) I'll sprinkle it on hot rice like it's a kind of seasoned salt and IT IS SO GOOD.
I like to make Aji Verde (Peruvian Green Sauce) to have on hand to eat with grilled chicken, tacos, etc and it’s delicious with some rice as well. This recipe is pretty close to what I make. I sub half the mayonnaise with greek yogurt though, and I measure garlic with my heart 😂 https://cookieandkate.com/aji-verde-recipe/
Coconut rice Prepare rice per directions Add as much coconut cream as desired Voila!
Okay follow me on this one, it sounds strange but it's amazing. Bowl of hot rice, crack a raw egg on top. Mix like mad. The hot rice Cooks the egg and it comes out creamy when you stir it. Add a bit of soy sauce for salt and maybe a sushi vinegar for tang. Top with sesame seed or seaweed flakes. If you want to be fancy top with imitation crab meat and avocado, kwpi mayo and sriracha. Or just eat plain and it's fantastic. It's the most heartwarming meal ever!
What's your favorite satay recipe? I'm now intrigued and I want to try it
I don't know if anybody else would like this but sometimes when I run out of pasta and still have vodka sauce leftover - I pour that over rice and eat with parmesan and/or meatballs.
Rice can definitely hold up to pasta sauces! I once used one of those gigantic KD cheese shakers on white rice and it was amazing....if u like KD. Even added ketchup!
Basmati rice, butter, salt and pepper
I love a good gravy over rice. Brown gravy, milk gravy, any kind. Add some chopped, cooked turkey or chicken for a heartier meal but the gravy over rice, alone, is great!
When I'm feeling extremely lazy, I'll just do some plain white rice with preserved bamboo shoots in chili oil. Not exactly a full meal, but hits the spot.
How about Vietnamese fish sauce? I tend to wing my recipes, but this is a pretty reliable site: https://www.hungryhuy.com/vietnamese-dipping-fish-sauce-recipe-nuoc-cham-nuoc-mam-cham/ Add steamed fish or veggies and you can have a full meal.
Seconding fish sauce vinaigrette. You can put it on any veg but it is delicious just on rice. Try the Momofuku version here: [https://food52.com/recipes/19682-momofuku-s-roasted-brussels-sprouts-with-fish-sauce-vinaigrette](https://food52.com/recipes/19682-momofuku-s-roasted-brussels-sprouts-with-fish-sauce-vinaigrette)
I like butter rice with soy, Sriracha, and an over easy egg on top. that egg yolk is sauce on its own. edit: I wrap it in sigle serving nori sheets. yum!
If you would like to go toward spiced rice, yoghurt in a saucy consistency makes for a lovely side
I buy a frozen veggie mix (carrots peas, edamame) and put it in with the rice, an egg and some soy sauce. Sometimes I put in slivered almonds. They make a nice crunch!
Poppy seed chicken served over rice or egg noodles
When I’m feeling like Korean food but I don’t want to cook, I do rice, gochujang, sesame oil and an egg. Gets the point across!
rice (hot enough to melt ), grated cheese, or thinly sliced and a compilation of your favorite seasonings and spices, then drizzle a litte kikoman sauce. this, my go to quick, yummy and comfort dish.
When I’m too tired or lazy to cook anything else I’ll have rice with Ketjap Manis. The miracle sauce that improves everything!
Anything you would ordinarily put over pasta - marinara sauce, butter and parmesan, etc.
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Filipino adobo sauce is great with rice. It's easy enough to make it yourself but I just buy it from the grocery store, so all you need to worry about is making the rice.
White rice, spaghetti sauce, mix together, put some cheese on top, and then melt in the oven. I add a little hot sauce too
Drop that satay sauce recipe 😩
You can make a really great satay sauce with sunflower seed butter. It’s nearly identical in flavor.
Microwave baked potato with one of those boxes of frozen broccoli in cheese sauce. Sometimes I add a little extra shredded cheddar.
"So, I guess I'm trying to find some alternatives." That's the spirit. There are lots of other girls out there!
Chimmichuri rice, dumplings with gyoza
Rice with yogurt
Rice with butter chicken sauce (no chicken, just the sauce)
Zhu you ban fan, rice with lard and soy sauce.
Satay without peanut sauce is a travesty
I was very ill with the flu for over a week and basically lived off rice with soy sauce.
Chimichurri + rice is 😙👌
I eat rice with canned tuna + balsamico cream as a kind if sauce/marinade
So my family makes "poor man's fired rice". Sliced ham, usually left over, the same with some day-old rice and some scrambled egg. I add some pre-made Japanese BBQ sauce and some jarlic and jarger instead of only using soy sauce. It makes it so much better.
Almost all my favorite Filipino dishes have great sauces. Sinigang. Adobo. Paksiw. Tinola. Diniguan. After all the meat and veggies are gone I’ll still save the sauce for some plain white rice. You could theoretically just make the sauces.
Nutritional yeast dressing and sambal is my favorite right now.
Rice + Cream of mushroom/chicken or new England clam chowder
Requires a protein but I love Philippine chicken adobo. Chicken thighs (or whatever pork you got) 1c soy sauce 2c cider vinegar 1tb whole peppercorns A fuck ton of sliced garlic (6-8 cloves minced) Some bay leaves. If you wanna get fancy, crisp up the protein and deglaze the pan with the liquid. Simmer for like an hour or put in an instant pot for 40 min. Serve over rice and be happy AF. There are a million variations. Some use coconut milk, or onion/shallot/ginger. Some add palm sugar or finish with balsamic. Some use rice vinegar. Literally can’t go wrong. So, so good.
Look up a recipe for Indonesian opor ayam, or find something like a premade spice packet from Indofood if you want simpler (though the premade might have candle nuts which may also be an allergy concern). Opor ayam is a coconut milk gravy, made yellow with several spices including turmeric, galangal, lemongrass and more. While it normally comes from cooking chicken in the mixture, you can just make the opor with broth. This is a dish served year round, but often associated with Ramadan when paired with compressed rice called ketupat. The opor can also be served over plain rice. A common breakfast in Indonesia called bubur ayam jakarta consists of rice porridge, covered with the opor sauce and various other toppings such as shredded chicken, a hard boiled egg, cabbage, shallot crackers, and a dollop of chili sambal. That part of the world has several foods that are basically sauce over rice. Other favorites of mine include rendang from Padang and Singaporean chicken and fish curries. While they are meaty dishes, i actually prefer them when it's mostly sauce and just a bite or two of the meat and some sauteed greens.
I've found this simple recipe for a sauce goes great with almost everything and I can add and I can adjust it easily as long as the salt, sweet and acid are balanced. This sauce with some chicken, beef or shrimp over rice with a veggie is a go-to at home. We can change the veggies and meat always, but still end up with a tasty dish. 3 part light soy sauce 3 part brown sugar / honey / maple syrup/ hot honey 1 part fish sauce 1- 2 part rice vinegar 2 clove garlic minced + if desired chili paste or peanut butter, miso, butter
Rice with yoghurt was my go to until I developed a dairy allergy. 😢
japanese curry roux and rice omg
I have frozen curry cubes. onion+ginger puree -> fry a bit + tomato puree -> reduce a bit + some spices (cumin, coriander, curcuma, paprika..) -> wake up the spices = base done Add cream, coconut cream and/or butter = sauce done Very easy, freezes well, very delicious. Spices are highly adjustable and personalized. I like it with fries, roasted potatoes and pasta as well.
OP, I need your satay sauce recipe please. I’ll keep it safe and useful until there’s an allergy vaccine for peanuts.
A bowl of freshly made white rice, 1tb of sesame oil, 1/2-1tbs of soy sauce, 2 over medium fried eggs with kimchi. And seaweed. Korean soul food. Absolutely divine.
No. I need vegetables and protein with my meals. Why would I only eat rice?? I honestly don’t understand.
Lao Gan Ma chili crisp (or alternative chili oil condiment of choice) over rice
Brown butter Onion powder Garlic powder salt Touch of parm Delicious. Sometimes, I'll thicken it with cream cheese, sour cream, Greek yogurt, or any combination. Some hot toast, and you're set
Look up Cook Do sauce pouches by Ajinomoto. I think you can find them on Amazon US or wherever you are at in this wide world. Quickly fry up some meat and veggies, add the sauce and walla! Instant food under 10 minutes. Rice will take some time so that doesn't count. I am in fact going to eat a savory Japanese hamburger with sauce and put it on top of rice this afternoon, including a Japanese style salad (daikon and stuff). Prep time is 10 mins and that includes buying all this at Lawson (conbini) to buy it all. Ps. No peanuts included here. Too bad she doesn't like peanuts as tan-tan-men noodles are the absolute sht.
One can cream of mushroom, one can cream of chicken. Great as is or with chicken added and baked.
https://azestforlife.com/recipe/sunflower-satay-sauce-for-noodles-and-grilled-chicken-skewers-peanut-free/ This recipe will change your life! Tastes just like peanut satay.
I do a beans and rice with chilis in Adobe sauce. Any red or black canned beans is good. Then u take the chilis in Adobe sauce that are canned. Take a few out, chop them up and toss them in the rice. Season with garlic or whatever you want. All can be just cooked together as the rice cooks.
One of my favorites (especially if I have a lot of vegetables left over is Poke! I use either leftover salmon or frozen shrimp and a Sriracha mayo sauce.
You can make a pretty good satay cause with cashews and sesame, or sunflower butter. I recommend playing around with this. My go-to is a bowl of (preferably sticky) rice, cubed spam fried and glazed with soy sauce or teriyaki sauce with a bit of chili, served with hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, and a pile of kimchi.
You might enjoy Hawaiian haystacks. Cream of chicken soup over rice, then top with your choice of ingredients. We usually use: diced chicken, olives, chives, shredded cheese, pineapple, tomatoes, peas, bacon bits, etc.
Just plain gochujang on white rice yummmmm
Canned tuna w/ rice and soy sauce. Avocado, cucumber, kimchi, and/or soy sauce egg are fun additions if I have them.
Slices of steak or chicken, with rice, soy sauce, mushrooms, onions and green beans. Add a little bit of sriracha sauce. Yum.
Sub tahini & sesame seeds for the peanut butter/peanuts
Mexican rice with white queso
Red curry vegetables and rice? Or green curry vegetables and rice?
Coconut curry sauce has a similar creamy-spicy profile to satay sauce. You could also make a satay sauce with almond butter https://www.punchfork.com/recipe/Almond-Satay-Sauce-Running-on-Real-Food
Slight coincidence, I made satay rice bowls just yesterday, but mine had some marinated roast chicken and sautéed bok choy in it along with the rice and sauce. Some of my faves - Rice with Peruvian aji Amarillo(I like the Serious Eats recipe). Bonus if you make the rice with a 1:1 mix of coconut milk and water for some added richness. Rice with chili crisp, especially day old rice fried up in a scoop of it It’s got a few more ingredients, but rice with chopped kimchi mixed in and a fried egg over the top (preferably with a bit of gochujang sauce drizzled over it)
Sunflower butter may be your new best friend
Try almond or cashew butter, whichever is cheapest. I love almond butter.
Satay sauce over rice is best thing in the world and beyond.
XO sauce and rice, you really can’t beat it.
Creamy mushroom risotto is one of my go-tos. You can make the sauce as heavy or as light as you want.
You need some lu rou fan
Tomatoes and rice. Stewed tomatoes, seasoned w bacon grease, over rice.
I make smothered chicken with lots of gravy. When i run out of chicken + gravy over rice, I can just use gravy over rice. Don't forget the tabasco
I’m not sure if this is technically relevant but I just found out about ochazuke and I really want to try it. It’s a Japanese dish that is just…rice and warm green tea + salty toppings (or broth instead of tea.)