Bacon and Mushroom Rice
Creamy stirred rice that costs about as much as a side dish.
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
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
AldiBest choiceno items missing · $13.81 of food
$28.10
51% spare
Colesno items missing · $14.65 of food · $0.84 more
$25.75
43% spare
Woolworthsno items missing · $15.82 of food · $2.01 more
$25.52
38% spare
$3.45a serve
$3.45 a serve, cheapest at Aldi
About $13.81 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$26.85 across 3 shops · all 8 items priced · $3.35 more for bigger packs, 54% spare for later
AldiBest choice$13.81
no items missing
you'll pay $28.10 · 51% of it spare
Coles$14.65
no items missing · $0.84 more
you'll pay $25.75 · 43% of it spare
Woolworths$15.82
no items missing · $2.01 more
you'll pay $25.52 · 38% of it spare
Buy at Aldi$16.86
Arborio rice
$0.399/100g
need 350 gImperial Grain Arborio Rice 1 kg$3.99closest match
Aldi$0.399/100g$3.99·Woolworths$0.400/100g$4.00·Coles$0.420/100g$4.20
Garlic
$29.99/kg
need 15 gNo Brand Garlic approx. 60 g$1.80
Aldi$29.99/kg$1.80·Woolworths~$31.33/kg$1.88·Coles$33.00/kg$1.98
Grated hard cheese
$18.36/kg
need 80 gWestacre Dairy Tasty Shredded Cheese 250 g$4.59closest match
Aldi$18.36/kg$4.59·Woolworths$28.00/kg$3.50·Coles$36.00/kg$4.50
Butter
$1.60/100g
need 40 gPure Valley Salted Butter 250 g$3.99closest match
Aldi$1.60/100g$3.99·Woolworths$3.00/100g$3.00·Coles$3.00/100g$3.00
Frozen peas
$2.49/kg
need 150 gMarket Fare Garden Peas 1 kg$2.49closest match
Aldi$2.49/kg$2.49·Woolworths$4.00/kg$2.00·Coles$2.50/kg$2.50
Buy at Coles$8.73
Bacon rashers
$14.50/kg
need 250 g3 × Primo Middle Bacon From The Deli approx. 100 g$1.45closest match
Coles$14.50/kg$1.45·Aldi$15.96/kg$3.99·Woolworths$22.00/kg$5.50
Mushrooms
$12.50/kg
need 300 gColes Flat Mushrooms Loose approx. 350 g$4.38closest match
Coles$12.50/kg$4.38·Woolworths$12.50/kg$4.38·Aldi$15.97/kg$5.99
Buy at Woolworths$1.26
Brown onion
~$3.32/kg
need 200 g2 × Onion Brown each 189.76 g$0.63
Woolworths~$3.32/kg$0.63·Coles$4.20/kg$0.84·Aldi$3.49/kg$0.63