Recipe of Favorite Italian Style Veggie Rice

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, italian style veggie rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Italian Style Veggie Rice is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Italian Style Veggie Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook italian style veggie rice using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Style Veggie Rice:

1. Take 2 tbsp. olive oil, divided
2. Prepare 8 oz. sliced mushrooms
3. Make ready 4 cloves garlic, minced
4. Make ready 1/2 yellow onion, roughly diced
5. Take 1 medium carrot, peeled and chopped
6. Prepare 1 stalk celery, chopped
7. Take 2 tbsp. tomato paste
8. Take 1 can (15 oz.) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
9. Make ready 1 cup minute brown rice
10. Get 1 can (8 oz.) unsalted tomato sauce + 1 can water
11. Make ready 1 tsp. dried basil
12. Get 1/2 tsp. each dried oregano, salt, pepper
13. Get 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions to make Italian Style Veggie Rice:

1. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large, deep skillet with a tight fitting lid over medium heat. Once it's hot, add the mushrooms and cook them until browned, stirring occasionally. Add the minced garlic and cook another minute or so, until fragrant. Then remove the mushrooms to a separate plate and set them aside.
2. Add the additional oil to the skillet and add the carrots, onions and celery with a big pinch of salt. Stir often until the carrots have begun to soften, then stir in the tomato paste. Cook, stirring frequently, for a couple of minutes, then stir in the mushrooms, rice, beans, tomato sauce, water and seasonings. Increase the heat and let it come up to a low boil.
3. Once it begins to bubble, place the lid on and lower the heat to low. Let it simmer covered for 10 minutes. Then turn off the heat, but keep the lid on for 5 more minutes. Then fluff with a fork and sprinkle the mozzarella over the top. Place the lid back on for a couple minutes until the cheese melts, then you're ready to serve.

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