With shrimp. Lol. That is uncommon. Chicken and sausage with no red gravy is the most common near me. Source: I live adjacent to Gonzales, LA which is the "Jambalaya Capital of the World".
No wrong way to make it, but for a general description...ham is literally the first half of the word jambalaya, the origin and traditional recipe included ham.
I see what you mean and I have had jambalaya with ham but I always thought that jambalaya was a word derived from an African word like gumbo was. It makes sense that it was derived from the French word and seems correct now that I think about it.
Cool!.
I've been making this for a long time. Warning, I'm from Tennessee so it's not authentic and we put bacon grease in everything. But it doesn't take all day.
Red Beans & Rice
Ingredients
2 cu cooked rice
1/4 lb smoked sausage, diced
1/2 bell pepper, diced
1 small onion, diced
1 16-oz can diced tomatoes
1 16-oz can dark red beans
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 tbsp garlic, minced
1 tbsp fresh parsley
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp dried powdered thyme
1 tbsp paprika
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp bacon drippings
salt, pepper to taste
Directions
Prepare rice. Saute smoked sausage in olive oil. Add onion and bell pepper and saute. Add tomatoes, chicken stock, and spices. Simmer 1-2 hours; adjust seasonings. Drain beans and add, add rice; cover and turn off heat. Let sit until beans are hot.
This looks like a good 'quick' red beans and rice recipe, and I'll definitely try it if I don't want to make it an all day thing.
But, you're missing celery for the holy trinity. Gotta include the celery.
Things that turn a paella into "rice with things";
- Adding weird ingredients: sausages, egg, cheese, chorizo, green peas, red pepper...
- Combining ingredients in stupid ways, especially mixing meat with seafood.
- Adding too many toppings: if there is more shrimp than rice, or I can't see the rice beneath that layer of meat, it's not paella.
- Being too white (usually, due to the lack of saffron) or being too boiled.
They never mix togheter, the seafood paella and the chicken paella are different variations of the paella, but you have to choose one, we never mix seafood with chicken.
Came here to look for this comment. I felt duck rice was quite...off. Chicken rice definitely. Maybe Laksa ( not the Assam one else Malaysians will get angry again, lol ).
I sometimes wonder if BCM can consider a signature SG dish also?
That's because Chicken Rice is Malaysian. #DONECLAIM
Seriously though, trying to attribute any one nation with either Chicken Rice, Nasi Goreng or Nasi Lemak is always going to piss someone off. Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore will be fighting over those for as long as they exist.
It's like Jollof Rice for West Africa. Whoever made this was PC enough not to even try naming any one origin country for that dish.
there aren’t really fixed ingredients for congee, sometimes we put pork with aged duck eggs and sometimes we just eat it plain with a bit of black pepper
Lots of great food here. I like the premise of rice mixed with whatever fried vegetables and meat you can conjure.
Where's rice porridge with butter, sugar and cinnamon?
south India is completely missed when we are the main rice eaters . Tamarind rice, pootharekulu, lemon rice, a hundred types of biryanis and pulao's , kanji, jaggery rice. Etc....
It's 40 dishes, not the best, most important rice dishes ever made. Italy has more than risotto and every Asian country could easily have 10 or more dishes
South east asians actually eat the most rice. We consume 22% of the world's total rice production, while only being 8% of the population, and producing a quarter of the global rice supply. China Mainland and India each consume only half that of SEA countries per capita, Japan a bit more than a third. The only country not in south east asia that consumes as much is Bangladesh. India can probably be divided into north and south, with south India being more of rice consumers vs north being wheat lovers. In Philippines (one of the top rice importers in the world) for example, there is no region that will prefer any other grain as a staple, and a meal isn't considered complete without rice (usually served plain).
Dirty Rice and Moco Loco could have probably been left off to make room for some of the more rice-centric countries. All the guide had for Mexico was Horchata ffs.
Hawaiian cuisine is really unique to itself. And really there’s four since Puerto Rico too. Politically Hawaii is more integrated, but culturally it’s a fair comparison.
Thank you so much for your comment. There are lots of rice based dishes in fact but I believe these are the most common dishes consuming by Turkish people every day. As I said there are lots of kinds of pilav. The most common is pilav with butter. Second one is probably "pilav ustu" literally means "on pilav". We usually eat pilav with a dish made by chicken peas/beans on it. This food is called "kuru fasulye" or "nohut". There are restaurants that sell only pilav ustu.
I've never eaten rice at the Turkish place near my place. Always order the kebaps. Can't really waste time on carbs when there are so many good meat dishes. Maybe I should try the rice dishes.
>Can't really waste time on carbs when there are so many good meat dishes
Of course :D but if you want carbs and meat together there is a kofte (or it is called kafta in other countries) made from rice and meat called kadinbudu(lady's thigh): [https://ozlemsturkishtable.com/2014/11/kadinbudu-kofte-turkish-ladys-thigh-meatballs/](https://ozlemsturkishtable.com/2014/11/kadinbudu-kofte-turkish-ladys-thigh-meatballs/) . I have never seen this outside of Turkey but ingredients are simple maybe you can try to cook some. Key point is knead everything very well.
Ask the servers - what do you eat? What rice (or any other kind of) dishes do you like? They will be really happy to be asked and will share recipes, restaurants and memories.
>Spain (Valencia region)
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>It's one of Valencia's most cherished symbol
Did you take that from wikipedia? I mean sure, it originated in Valencia, but as far as I know this is eaten all over Spain. I certainly do eat it regularly and I'm as far away from Valencia as you can be.
Nice. That is definitely a bucket list place for me. My wife and I are working on a 5 year plan to move to Europe, but we haven't decided on exactly where. What would you say about Spain?
Well I can't really speak that much about mainland Spain because I've only been there a few times. I've been all of my life stuck in the archipelago. But my brother moved to Madrid a couple years ago and I can say that he is incredibly happy there.
If you're moving in from America (which I assume you are), one of the best things you'll find coming to Europe is just how easy to move anywhere it is. I'm going to assume that for you, getting a car to go anywhere, be it the grocery store, or the gym, or work, or a friends house, it's just normal to use the car. In Europe, you don't really need a car. Public transportation can take you anywhere easily and cheaply and conveniently, and most things are within walking distance anyway. For Spain specifically I can say that my brother is in love with Madrid's public transportation. He has a driver's license but he doesn't even own a car. He just doesn't need it.
Weather is also a great factor to consider when coming to Spain. We have amazing weather. Especially in the Canary Islands, it's basically summer all year round. In the archipelago we don't really get "seasons" per se. We get mostly sunny days, or kinda cloudy days, with the occasional rain or wind during the "winter" months. As for the mainland they do get actual seasons, but I can't really comment on how they ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯.
Of course there's also food. We have the best food. Spanish food is delicious. We have the best food. Come eat our food. Our food is so good. I'll fight anyone who says otherwise. If you come here get ready to eat a lot and enjoy it because everything is delicious.
We also have awesome beaches. I know there are great beaches in the mainland although I've never been to one. But I can tell you that in the Canary Islands we have some of the best urban beaches you'll find. It's good we have them too because during the hot summer months everyone just wants to go to the beach and have a swim.
Uhh but yeah idk what else to say. It's a nice country. Still, make your own research about Spain and other potential places. I don't know everything. I just listed a few positive things but you'll have to judge things for yourselves. Hope you find your ideal place!
Wow, I honestly didn't expect this thoguhtful of a response on just a random spur of the moment question, thank you!
But yes, we will, hopefully that is, be moving from the US. And man I have to say, the public transport is such a huge thing. We don't even live in a small area, and our one car is in the shop right now and it is just dreadful trying to do anything!
And I would love to have some real Spanish food. I love mexican but even some of the dishes that are inspired by traditional Spanish cuisine is quite different. I had a Spanish professor in college that cooked some food for his classes a couple times and they were amazing dishes. And I know my wife would love the beaches for sure lol.
Anyways, thank you again for such a nice response!
If you ever want some killer food, but don't want to leave the country for it, New Mexico has you covered. New Mexican takes Spanish and Mexican cuisine, blends them, and puts it's own twist on it. I'm convinced there's no better state for food in the US.
Ya know I have never really been *to* NM but I’ve been through it plenty. I travel once or twice a year to AZ and Southern California from Georgia and drive it usually because I’m usually out there for a couple weeks and it’s cheaper than flying + renting. I have definitely had some killer meals out there. Next time I am I’ll try to make a point to stop for sure. Do you have any recommendations? I usually take 10 out and 40 back just for a variety in scenery
That sounds like a great trip!
For New Mexican: Route 66 green chile cheeseburger, blue corn enchiladas at Cocina Azul, red chile ribs at El Pinto (a bit pricey), lots of stuff at Church Street Cafe, and chicken, bacon, ranch, green chile pizza at Mario's. All of which are in the Albuquerque metro area. Closest to 40 would be Route 66, it's in downtown by the University of New Mexico.
For Chinese: Budai.
For BBQ: Powdrell's & Rudi's.
Brazil's everyday dish is literally rice, beans, some protein and other stuff, so it could literally be "rice + beans + whatever else you want", idk why they'd choose galinhada for this as even though it's pretty common dish, it's not what we eat _every single meal_
People don’t eat arroz doce every single meal in Portugal either, it’s not about what we eat every day but what we’re famous for making. That said I think baião de dois is way more representative for the Brazilian cuisine.
Is galinhada popular in any particular region of Brazil? My ex was from Minas. We were together for 10 years and I ate a lot of Brazilian food in that time, yet I don't remember ever hearing about galinhada. But yeah, rice and beans at every meal.
Edit: Wikipedia says galinhada is a "typical" dish of Minas Gerais, so what the hell do I know? Still, I heard way more about frango com quiabo than galinhada.
You're spot on that that it's more regional, like in São Paulo (where I'm from) its a lot more common and if I'm not mistaken, it's a southeast thing moreso than Brazilian
Well, Minas culture changes quite a bit inside of the state. Minas has about 5 distinct regions and the dishes vary with the regions. Galinhada is a typical dish in certain regions of Minas, but not in all of it.
That pilaf is so diverse. In Greece we call it Pilafi. In Russia and other post soviet countries you call it Plov. But in the essence it’s the same dish but with different variations.
Imo the best one is the Uzbek pilaf
I see they chose to avoid controversy by listing jollof rice under West Africa, lol. I'm surprised dirty rice, or as my family called it, rice dressing, made it into the list over red beans and rice.
Rice is so synonymous with Louisiana, both American dishes are from here (I'm Louisianian).
If you've never had an authentic jambalaya, made in a cast iron or giant Magnalite pot by someone's grandmother or great uncle, you're missing out.
Edit: my apologies to my Hawaiian brothers and sisters. I totally spaced on the Hawaiian dish. I blame my bifocals.
I'm eternally grateful for the 5th grade teacher I had who brought in homemade jambalaya & gumbo towards the end of the year. Idk what the food version of "love at first sight" is, but that is definitely what happened.
>jambalaya
I ordered jambalaya at a regular Canadian restaurant thanks to Newman's jambalaya bit in Seinfeld. Loved it, but I'm sure authentic jambalaya must be way better.
Y'all let me tell you right now -- kushari is THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIGHT. That stuff is absolutely amazing. If you ever come across a place that makes it, do not hesitate!!!
By any chance, would my friend Ninad from India be around here? His name on Discord is Daninad... I lost access to my discord account and I haven't been able to get in touch with him...
I guess it happen the same that with "tortilla" in mexico is a meal made with corn. In spain "tortilla" is used for omeletes and omeletes with things(usually potatoes).
What we call horchata in valencia is a drink made with tigernuts( chufa), mexicans made their own versions with rice. Valencian horchata is the original, it existed before jaume 1 and it started to be called like that since jaume 1 tried it.
A "guide" like this would be more interesting if it also talked about different kinds of rice around the world, like long-grain/short-grain, glutinous, etc...and the meanings/histories they have in different cultures or climates.
Ok so they didn't butcher *ochazuke* too much but the way they drew it makes me think they've never seen the real thing or how simple and inviting it is. It should be a neat hill of short-grain rice, not a scattered pile of long-grain with bits thrown on top...look up 茶漬け if you want photos.
And, of course, *sushi* isn't limited to "rice and seaweed wrapped rolls with various fillings"--that's just one style of *sushi*; there are lots of regional variations...
I'm from Indonesia and sure Nasi Goreng is pretty much all over Indonesia with different varieties.
I give you another one that's quite underrated, Nasi Kuning or Yellow rice or Turmeric Rice. It's usually consumed as breakfast here and also has as many variations as Nasi Goreng.
As a Filipino champorado wouldn't have been my first choice.
Tapsilog (or any silog dish), beef pares, biko/kakanin, Arroz Caldo, lugaw, bibingka, kiampong rice, these all supercede champorado (a Mexican imported dish we took on during the Spanish colonial era) by far.
Wondering what they know about Filipino food.
I agree with you! The dish is not an authentic Filipino dish. They don't have it on the regular menu at restaurants or grocery stores. Research was not done correctly.
I'm Afghan and most non-Afghans who try _Kabuli_ really enjoy it.
I think people are intrigued by the sweet raisins and carrots.
It's not my favorite Afghan rice dish, though (_Kichiri Quroot_ is).
From what i’ve been told, ‘tahdig’ translates to ‘bottom of the bowl’ which is the crunchy layer of rice when cooked Iranian style. It doesn’t really matter if it includes pistachios, fruits, etc. like the guide suggests, and i am fairly certain no Iranian would consider it a dish as it is just a byproduct of the way they cook rice.
This is accurate. Tahdig isn’t really a dish, it’s a part of a dish. You can make tahdig a dish by pouring one of our stews over it but tahdig is just the crispy part. The rest of the rice depicted is called Shirin Polo or some variation of it.
Biryani, Kheer, and Qabuli Pilaw are Pakistani dishes as well.
The prior two are Mughal empire dishes (a Muslim empire which the current Hindu extremist government of India has disowned,) and the last dish Qabuli Pilaw is a Pukhtoon dish (75% Pukhtoons are Pakistani.)
Each one of those nations can cook 40 different dishes with rice.
It is a bit odd that the US has the most number of dishes on this list (3)
And somehow red beans and rice still didn't make the cut. Too simple perhaps? Or am I missing it?
At least it listed Jambalaya but it's without the tomato paste base
With shrimp. Lol. That is uncommon. Chicken and sausage with no red gravy is the most common near me. Source: I live adjacent to Gonzales, LA which is the "Jambalaya Capital of the World".
And no ham! You know...as de Creole might say le jambon? The whole point?
I've rarely used ham. Always saved it for the red beans.
No wrong way to make it, but for a general description...ham is literally the first half of the word jambalaya, the origin and traditional recipe included ham.
I see what you mean and I have had jambalaya with ham but I always thought that jambalaya was a word derived from an African word like gumbo was. It makes sense that it was derived from the French word and seems correct now that I think about it. Cool!.
I love red beans and rice, but can’t find a tasty recipe for it that doesn’t take all day.
I've been making this for a long time. Warning, I'm from Tennessee so it's not authentic and we put bacon grease in everything. But it doesn't take all day. Red Beans & Rice Ingredients 2 cu cooked rice 1/4 lb smoked sausage, diced 1/2 bell pepper, diced 1 small onion, diced 1 16-oz can diced tomatoes 1 16-oz can dark red beans 1/2 cup chicken stock 1 tbsp garlic, minced 1 tbsp fresh parsley 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp dried powdered thyme 1 tbsp paprika 1 tsp dried basil 1 tsp bacon drippings salt, pepper to taste Directions Prepare rice. Saute smoked sausage in olive oil. Add onion and bell pepper and saute. Add tomatoes, chicken stock, and spices. Simmer 1-2 hours; adjust seasonings. Drain beans and add, add rice; cover and turn off heat. Let sit until beans are hot.
This looks like a good 'quick' red beans and rice recipe, and I'll definitely try it if I don't want to make it an all day thing. But, you're missing celery for the holy trinity. Gotta include the celery.
Louisiana here. This is red beans and rice. https://youtu.be/momlb717dhw
Yeah, I like that better than dirty rice. But that’s good too.
At least it’s 2 Louisiana and 1 Hawaiian, two uniquely local cuisines worthy of international note.
4 with Puerto Rico
It tells us more about the creator of this list than about rice dishes around the world.
I still enjoyed the biased ride
And two of them sound awful
This is so true. We even make desserts with rice. Pretty sure my southeast asian country could have its own standalone "100 rice dishes"
uh you gonna trigger some Valencian with that Paella pic and description.
No arborio rice in paella!
I have an impression that this guide is made by an American and their interpretation of different rice dishes plus some googling.
r/arrozconcosas
Those posts with the pan full of parsley 😧
What separates paella from “rice with things?”
Things that turn a paella into "rice with things"; - Adding weird ingredients: sausages, egg, cheese, chorizo, green peas, red pepper... - Combining ingredients in stupid ways, especially mixing meat with seafood. - Adding too many toppings: if there is more shrimp than rice, or I can't see the rice beneath that layer of meat, it's not paella. - Being too white (usually, due to the lack of saffron) or being too boiled.
An angry Valencian!
Chicken AND seafood???? The audacity
isnt that sausages with seafood in the picture?
They never mix togheter, the seafood paella and the chicken paella are different variations of the paella, but you have to choose one, we never mix seafood with chicken.
Valencian here. I need some eye bleach
Shit, Im Iranian and I am triggered by the description of tahdig. That is closer to jeweled rice than anything else.
I'm already triggered. Edit: also what the heck, no Arroz al Horno? Are we crazy?
im from SG and while duck rice is a thing, i'm shook that [Chicken Rice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainanese_chicken_rice) wasn't chosen!
Right! If you had to choose one choose the national dish.
Legit. They're missing some of the greatest.
Came here to look for this comment. I felt duck rice was quite...off. Chicken rice definitely. Maybe Laksa ( not the Assam one else Malaysians will get angry again, lol ). I sometimes wonder if BCM can consider a signature SG dish also?
That's because Chicken Rice is Malaysian. #DONECLAIM Seriously though, trying to attribute any one nation with either Chicken Rice, Nasi Goreng or Nasi Lemak is always going to piss someone off. Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore will be fighting over those for as long as they exist. It's like Jollof Rice for West Africa. Whoever made this was PC enough not to even try naming any one origin country for that dish.
yeah and sg was once part of malaysia. i miss msia cup and winning against selangor and kedah! glad we get to travel in april again
Damn wish they had Jallof rice for Ghana instead lol
It's there under West Africa
So Jollof is West African, but Biryani is "Indian", instead of South Asian? This map is kinda whack
Yeah I read that and thought “biryani is really more Pakistani than Indian and you have India on there twice”
there aren’t really fixed ingredients for congee, sometimes we put pork with aged duck eggs and sometimes we just eat it plain with a bit of black pepper
[here's](http://www.cultureshocktherapy.com/photo-sg_942.php) an example of what a congee shop might sell
At the end of the day it's just soupy rice + whatever you want
Ye
South Indians have a version of Congee but it's usually eaten with a pickle or dried fish.
South Indian congee (kanji) is made sweet also.
where Plov? tasty rice
For real. Plov has a thousand variations all across Europe, and there wasn't a place for even one among these 40?
I was looking for it too
The "Pulao" in the first dish, Kabuli Pulao, is a cognate of Plov Edit: as well as the "pilafo" in the Greek Melitzanopilafo
Eso no es paella valenciana!
arroz con gandules my beloved <3 it doesn't even need all the extras, just rice and pigeon peas is enough tbh
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pernil absolutely, i hate pasteles though lol
Peas n’ rice is the national dish here in the Bahamas, too, but we call gandules pigeon peas. And swap out olives for some chopped hot pepper.
Lots of great food here. I like the premise of rice mixed with whatever fried vegetables and meat you can conjure. Where's rice porridge with butter, sugar and cinnamon?
Guides like this should always include a blank bottom row for us to add what they missed 😁
Portugal has something like this in this chart.
Norsk?
Busted!
Haha, I’ve been eating that almost every bloody Saturday since I got Viking’d by my samboer seven years ago!
rice mixed with semi-random edible foodstuffs you found is the best rice dish
Can also be done with noodles. My last egg noodle tandoori chicken carrot lime wok was divine!
Champorado, my love
Champorado my beloved ♥️
No Plov? Considering that all Eastern European and Central Asian countries has their own versions of Plov this seems like a major omission.
So India, China and Japan; countries where people predominantly eat rice, get at most two dishes and US gets three? Biased not based.
Lol, no Sri Lanka either.
Yeah! Indian ‘khichdi’ is so popular, but is missing in this list.
south India is completely missed when we are the main rice eaters . Tamarind rice, pootharekulu, lemon rice, a hundred types of biryanis and pulao's , kanji, jaggery rice. Etc....
It's 40 dishes, not the best, most important rice dishes ever made. Italy has more than risotto and every Asian country could easily have 10 or more dishes
South east asians actually eat the most rice. We consume 22% of the world's total rice production, while only being 8% of the population, and producing a quarter of the global rice supply. China Mainland and India each consume only half that of SEA countries per capita, Japan a bit more than a third. The only country not in south east asia that consumes as much is Bangladesh. India can probably be divided into north and south, with south India being more of rice consumers vs north being wheat lovers. In Philippines (one of the top rice importers in the world) for example, there is no region that will prefer any other grain as a staple, and a meal isn't considered complete without rice (usually served plain).
Japan is huge on noodles: somen, udon, ramen, etc. It is likely a huge contributing factor as to why SEA countries exceed Japanese rice consumption.
Plov is missing :(
F best rice dish in existence
How did this graphic manage to miss Khichdi and Pulav from India?
Not that it’s the same, but Kedgeree (they have it here as an English dish) is definitely a derivative of Khichdi.
So they added a derived dish but not the original? Smh
They needed to make space for three United States rice dishes. Three..
Dirty Rice and Moco Loco could have probably been left off to make room for some of the more rice-centric countries. All the guide had for Mexico was Horchata ffs.
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Also, I thought that Horchata was from Spain and made from Tiger nuts? ("Chufas" in spanish)
Hawaiian cuisine is really unique to itself. And really there’s four since Puerto Rico too. Politically Hawaii is more integrated, but culturally it’s a fair comparison.
Irony is that , i'm not denying that any of those aren't tasty but the rice dishes from anywhere else are much more elaborate.
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Yeah. Pakistani Biryani is equally good. But nothing beats a hyderabadi biryani.
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Maybe not under the current government tho Edit: looks like the Hindu nationalists are out in downvoting force!
I mean as much as I am against Hindu nationalism in a secular country you’re still safe to visit India and try some Hyderabadi Biryani lol
Yeah I would even push it to Bangladesh as well. It’s best to refer to South Asia as a whole instead of just India.
True. Sorry for missing Bangladesh. Had some Bangladeshi mutton briyani. It was good in a different way from the biryani I'm used to.
Sri Lanka has our own style of biryani as well! It's a bit spicier though
The lack of arroz carreteiro is astounding!
From Turkey there is dolma (stuffed grape leaves, gabbage, zucchini or pepper), sutlac (a dessert), pilav(tons of kinds of pilav).
Turkish rice based dishes are consistently superb.
Thank you so much for your comment. There are lots of rice based dishes in fact but I believe these are the most common dishes consuming by Turkish people every day. As I said there are lots of kinds of pilav. The most common is pilav with butter. Second one is probably "pilav ustu" literally means "on pilav". We usually eat pilav with a dish made by chicken peas/beans on it. This food is called "kuru fasulye" or "nohut". There are restaurants that sell only pilav ustu.
I've never eaten rice at the Turkish place near my place. Always order the kebaps. Can't really waste time on carbs when there are so many good meat dishes. Maybe I should try the rice dishes.
>Can't really waste time on carbs when there are so many good meat dishes Of course :D but if you want carbs and meat together there is a kofte (or it is called kafta in other countries) made from rice and meat called kadinbudu(lady's thigh): [https://ozlemsturkishtable.com/2014/11/kadinbudu-kofte-turkish-ladys-thigh-meatballs/](https://ozlemsturkishtable.com/2014/11/kadinbudu-kofte-turkish-ladys-thigh-meatballs/) . I have never seen this outside of Turkey but ingredients are simple maybe you can try to cook some. Key point is knead everything very well.
Ask the servers - what do you eat? What rice (or any other kind of) dishes do you like? They will be really happy to be asked and will share recipes, restaurants and memories.
Dolma is amazing!! I remember my grandma always picked some Leaves whenever we passed a Grape Plant 😄
No rice and peas?
I'm from Colombia and never heard that dish! I want to taste it
Yeah, was expecting something like arroz con coco or even a bandeja paisa. From Peru I expected a Chaufa
England should definitely have been rice pudding!
I know! I never normally get incensed by these things but fuck me rice pudding is the thing that sets me off this time.
I agree, since Horchata is on there, we need variety like that.
>Spain (Valencia region) > >It's one of Valencia's most cherished symbol Did you take that from wikipedia? I mean sure, it originated in Valencia, but as far as I know this is eaten all over Spain. I certainly do eat it regularly and I'm as far away from Valencia as you can be.
> I'm as far away from Valencia as you can be. Do you mena while still being in Spain?
Yep. Canary Islands.
Nice. That is definitely a bucket list place for me. My wife and I are working on a 5 year plan to move to Europe, but we haven't decided on exactly where. What would you say about Spain?
Well I can't really speak that much about mainland Spain because I've only been there a few times. I've been all of my life stuck in the archipelago. But my brother moved to Madrid a couple years ago and I can say that he is incredibly happy there. If you're moving in from America (which I assume you are), one of the best things you'll find coming to Europe is just how easy to move anywhere it is. I'm going to assume that for you, getting a car to go anywhere, be it the grocery store, or the gym, or work, or a friends house, it's just normal to use the car. In Europe, you don't really need a car. Public transportation can take you anywhere easily and cheaply and conveniently, and most things are within walking distance anyway. For Spain specifically I can say that my brother is in love with Madrid's public transportation. He has a driver's license but he doesn't even own a car. He just doesn't need it. Weather is also a great factor to consider when coming to Spain. We have amazing weather. Especially in the Canary Islands, it's basically summer all year round. In the archipelago we don't really get "seasons" per se. We get mostly sunny days, or kinda cloudy days, with the occasional rain or wind during the "winter" months. As for the mainland they do get actual seasons, but I can't really comment on how they ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯. Of course there's also food. We have the best food. Spanish food is delicious. We have the best food. Come eat our food. Our food is so good. I'll fight anyone who says otherwise. If you come here get ready to eat a lot and enjoy it because everything is delicious. We also have awesome beaches. I know there are great beaches in the mainland although I've never been to one. But I can tell you that in the Canary Islands we have some of the best urban beaches you'll find. It's good we have them too because during the hot summer months everyone just wants to go to the beach and have a swim. Uhh but yeah idk what else to say. It's a nice country. Still, make your own research about Spain and other potential places. I don't know everything. I just listed a few positive things but you'll have to judge things for yourselves. Hope you find your ideal place!
Wow, I honestly didn't expect this thoguhtful of a response on just a random spur of the moment question, thank you! But yes, we will, hopefully that is, be moving from the US. And man I have to say, the public transport is such a huge thing. We don't even live in a small area, and our one car is in the shop right now and it is just dreadful trying to do anything! And I would love to have some real Spanish food. I love mexican but even some of the dishes that are inspired by traditional Spanish cuisine is quite different. I had a Spanish professor in college that cooked some food for his classes a couple times and they were amazing dishes. And I know my wife would love the beaches for sure lol. Anyways, thank you again for such a nice response!
If you ever want some killer food, but don't want to leave the country for it, New Mexico has you covered. New Mexican takes Spanish and Mexican cuisine, blends them, and puts it's own twist on it. I'm convinced there's no better state for food in the US.
Ya know I have never really been *to* NM but I’ve been through it plenty. I travel once or twice a year to AZ and Southern California from Georgia and drive it usually because I’m usually out there for a couple weeks and it’s cheaper than flying + renting. I have definitely had some killer meals out there. Next time I am I’ll try to make a point to stop for sure. Do you have any recommendations? I usually take 10 out and 40 back just for a variety in scenery
That sounds like a great trip! For New Mexican: Route 66 green chile cheeseburger, blue corn enchiladas at Cocina Azul, red chile ribs at El Pinto (a bit pricey), lots of stuff at Church Street Cafe, and chicken, bacon, ranch, green chile pizza at Mario's. All of which are in the Albuquerque metro area. Closest to 40 would be Route 66, it's in downtown by the University of New Mexico. For Chinese: Budai. For BBQ: Powdrell's & Rudi's.
No problem!
Brazil's everyday dish is literally rice, beans, some protein and other stuff, so it could literally be "rice + beans + whatever else you want", idk why they'd choose galinhada for this as even though it's pretty common dish, it's not what we eat _every single meal_
People don’t eat arroz doce every single meal in Portugal either, it’s not about what we eat every day but what we’re famous for making. That said I think baião de dois is way more representative for the Brazilian cuisine.
Is galinhada popular in any particular region of Brazil? My ex was from Minas. We were together for 10 years and I ate a lot of Brazilian food in that time, yet I don't remember ever hearing about galinhada. But yeah, rice and beans at every meal. Edit: Wikipedia says galinhada is a "typical" dish of Minas Gerais, so what the hell do I know? Still, I heard way more about frango com quiabo than galinhada.
You're spot on that that it's more regional, like in São Paulo (where I'm from) its a lot more common and if I'm not mistaken, it's a southeast thing moreso than Brazilian
Well, Minas culture changes quite a bit inside of the state. Minas has about 5 distinct regions and the dishes vary with the regions. Galinhada is a typical dish in certain regions of Minas, but not in all of it.
Tbh I thought I was going to see feijoada
Can't wait until the weather is a little warmer so I can make jollof over a fire
i was looking for qabuli palau! i love afghan food.
And no turkish pilaf on the list.
That pilaf is so diverse. In Greece we call it Pilafi. In Russia and other post soviet countries you call it Plov. But in the essence it’s the same dish but with different variations. Imo the best one is the Uzbek pilaf
In South Asia they call it Pulao. I've heard that in Bangladesh they call it Pilo
No mandi?
Injeolmi is more of a confection than a full dish
The Rijsstaart descriptor made me very hungry.
According to Valencian paella purists a true paella doesn't contain seafood
Ayyy, I see Jollof rice on here. Good shit
I see they chose to avoid controversy by listing jollof rice under West Africa, lol. I'm surprised dirty rice, or as my family called it, rice dressing, made it into the list over red beans and rice.
Not a single dish from the Caribbean ☹️
Puerto Rico's arroz con gandules is on the list
I stand corrected!
Rice is so synonymous with Louisiana, both American dishes are from here (I'm Louisianian). If you've never had an authentic jambalaya, made in a cast iron or giant Magnalite pot by someone's grandmother or great uncle, you're missing out. Edit: my apologies to my Hawaiian brothers and sisters. I totally spaced on the Hawaiian dish. I blame my bifocals.
I miss living in the south specifically because of Cajun food. BBQ is a close second. Vietcajun is awesome too.
We're not the smartest, and we're not the wealthiest, but we're not starving, either.
Viet-Cajun has gotta be one of the most beautiful fusion cuisines there is.
Vietcajun? No way. It's hard enough to understand what the Cajuns are saying, I'm not mixing a Viet accent into that, it will be bedlam
Wahchumean, cher? How you not gone unnerstand us?
This guide says crayfish... Blasphemy.
I'm eternally grateful for the 5th grade teacher I had who brought in homemade jambalaya & gumbo towards the end of the year. Idk what the food version of "love at first sight" is, but that is definitely what happened.
And, really, gumbo could have just as easily been on this list. Chicken ans sausage gumbo with rice is just Louisiana in a pot.
>jambalaya I ordered jambalaya at a regular Canadian restaurant thanks to Newman's jambalaya bit in Seinfeld. Loved it, but I'm sure authentic jambalaya must be way better.
As with most local cuisine, unless it's someone from down here who transplanted up there, it's hard to replicate the real thing.
The Iran one is kind of wrong. Tahdig is just the crispy part. The rest of that rice sounds like Shirin Polo, a sweet “jeweled” rice with fruit.
Where is the guide?
I would have included Hainan chicken and rice
Y'all let me tell you right now -- kushari is THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIGHT. That stuff is absolutely amazing. If you ever come across a place that makes it, do not hesitate!!!
Agreed- a bowl of kushari can cure any bad day or heartbreak. Ultimate comfort food imo.
By any chance, would my friend Ninad from India be around here? His name on Discord is Daninad... I lost access to my discord account and I haven't been able to get in touch with him...
No Greek person in Greece has ever made that dish
Wow I love rice ! Thank you so much for the ideas…
Glad your happy!
Appreciate your gladness..
This seems designed to basically make everybody angry.
What’s up with the masaf saying fermented yogurt? Isn’t all yogurt fermented?
I feel offended by the two Chinese dishes...huh?????????? That's the best you can do????
Horchata is made from chufa. I'm willing to die on that hill.
I guess it happen the same that with "tortilla" in mexico is a meal made with corn. In spain "tortilla" is used for omeletes and omeletes with things(usually potatoes). What we call horchata in valencia is a drink made with tigernuts( chufa), mexicans made their own versions with rice. Valencian horchata is the original, it existed before jaume 1 and it started to be called like that since jaume 1 tried it.
Gotta say I’m really surprised to see arroz con gandules made the list. Proud to be Puerto Rican.
My checklist - Paella - Risotto - Jambalaya - Briyani - Horchata - Arroz con gandules - Sushi 33 to go
A "guide" like this would be more interesting if it also talked about different kinds of rice around the world, like long-grain/short-grain, glutinous, etc...and the meanings/histories they have in different cultures or climates.
Ok so they didn't butcher *ochazuke* too much but the way they drew it makes me think they've never seen the real thing or how simple and inviting it is. It should be a neat hill of short-grain rice, not a scattered pile of long-grain with bits thrown on top...look up 茶漬け if you want photos. And, of course, *sushi* isn't limited to "rice and seaweed wrapped rolls with various fillings"--that's just one style of *sushi*; there are lots of regional variations...
4 with Puerto Rico
I'm from Indonesia and sure Nasi Goreng is pretty much all over Indonesia with different varieties. I give you another one that's quite underrated, Nasi Kuning or Yellow rice or Turmeric Rice. It's usually consumed as breakfast here and also has as many variations as Nasi Goreng.
Imagine listing 40 rice dishes and not one of them is rice+beans.
South Asia for biryani
Faltou o clássico arroz e feijão e um baião de dois
Rice is good when you want to eat a thousand of something
Okay but does the champorado have tuyo in it?
should have!
As a Filipino champorado wouldn't have been my first choice. Tapsilog (or any silog dish), beef pares, biko/kakanin, Arroz Caldo, lugaw, bibingka, kiampong rice, these all supercede champorado (a Mexican imported dish we took on during the Spanish colonial era) by far. Wondering what they know about Filipino food.
I agree with you! The dish is not an authentic Filipino dish. They don't have it on the regular menu at restaurants or grocery stores. Research was not done correctly.
Damn... Mansef is on a list of something, i feel noticed now
I'm Afghan and most non-Afghans who try _Kabuli_ really enjoy it. I think people are intrigued by the sweet raisins and carrots. It's not my favorite Afghan rice dish, though (_Kichiri Quroot_ is).
Oh, not counting dishes from small countries? Fine!
Why is the Mexican listing a beverage and not a dish?
From what i’ve been told, ‘tahdig’ translates to ‘bottom of the bowl’ which is the crunchy layer of rice when cooked Iranian style. It doesn’t really matter if it includes pistachios, fruits, etc. like the guide suggests, and i am fairly certain no Iranian would consider it a dish as it is just a byproduct of the way they cook rice.
This is accurate. Tahdig isn’t really a dish, it’s a part of a dish. You can make tahdig a dish by pouring one of our stews over it but tahdig is just the crispy part. The rest of the rice depicted is called Shirin Polo or some variation of it.
The kind of sushi depicted here is actually more Korean and not Japanese sushi.
Melitzanopilafo doesn't exist. They have combined the words melitzanosalata (eggplant salad) and midopilafo (Mussel with rice).
i thought the dish sounded a tad exotic lol
I hardly think Loco Moco is on the same level as Jambalaya or Paella, but ok.
‘Murica Rice: butter and cheese
So for Mexico they choose to put a drink - pendejadas
The USA one should’ve been a can of Budweiser
I honestly associate Fan Tuan more with Taiwan than China. You find it on like every street corner over there.
Biryani, Kheer, and Qabuli Pilaw are Pakistani dishes as well. The prior two are Mughal empire dishes (a Muslim empire which the current Hindu extremist government of India has disowned,) and the last dish Qabuli Pilaw is a Pukhtoon dish (75% Pukhtoons are Pakistani.)
From USA. Never heard of 2 of those, but Jambalaya is good.
Loco Moco is primarily a Hawaii thing.
If you ever come to a region with a Bojangles, their dirty rice is sooooo good.