Bacon and Mushroom Rice

Name: Bacon and Mushroom Rice
Prep time: 38 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 250 g Bacon rashers; 300 g Mushrooms; 350 g Arborio rice; 200 g Brown onion; 15 g Garlic; 80 g Grated hard cheese; 40 g Butter; 150 g Frozen peas

Creamy stirred rice that costs about as much as a side dish.

Serves 4 Prep 38 min Ready in 40 min 26g proteinKid-friendly

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Ingredients

Bacon rashers250 g
Mushrooms300 g
Arborio rice350 g
Brown onion200 g
Garlic15 g
Grated hard cheese80 g
Butter40 g
Frozen peas150 g

Method

Cook the chopped bacon in a wide pan until the fat renders and it starts to crisp. Set aside.
Add the butter, sliced mushrooms and diced onion and cook for 8 minutes until the mushrooms give up their liquid.
Stir in the garlic and the rice and coat well in the fat.
Add 1.2 litres of hot water a ladle at a time, stirring, until the rice is tender and creamy — about 20 minutes.
Fold through the peas, bacon and grated cheese, season, and rest for 2 minutes before serving.

Cooking for a different diet?

Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.

Vegetarian
Double Mushroom Rice
- 250 g Swiss brown mushrooms instead of Bacon rashers
Brown the Swiss brown mushrooms in half the butter for 5 minutes in place of the bacon, set aside, and fold them back in at the end.
Vegan
Double Mushroom Rice
- 250 g Swiss brown mushrooms instead of Bacon rashers
- 20 g Nutritional yeast instead of Grated hard cheese
- 40 ml Olive oil instead of Butter
Brown the Swiss brown mushrooms in a little of the oil for 5 minutes in place of the bacon, set aside, and fold them back in with the nutritional yeast at the end.
Dairy-free
- 20 g Nutritional yeast instead of Grated hard cheese
- 40 ml Olive oil instead of Butter
Fold the nutritional yeast through at the end where the cheese goes in.

Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.

What it costs, and where to buy it

AldiBest choice
$13.51
for your meals
$31.02 at the till, incl. $17.51 of food you keep
$1.26 less on the food you use, over the 8 items both stores stock
Coles
$14.77
for your meals
$25.15 at the till, incl. $10.38 of food you keep
Woolworths
$15.06
for your meals
$25.64 at the till, incl. $10.58 of food you keep