Name: Peanut Butter Rice
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cups long grain rice or brown rice; 3 cups water; Salt to taste; 1 tbsp cooking oil; 3 to 4 tbsp peanut butter

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This recipe for Peanut Butter Rice is ideal if you’re looking for a quick side dish or a way to use up leftover rice. A dash of peanut sauce adds a subtle peanut flavor, as well as a hint of spice from the cayenne and sweetness from the brown sugar.

It is widely eaten in Zimbabwe and sold by almost every food vendor and restaurant. It is also very easy to prepare. Many people prefer smoky party jollof rice, but it’s sometimes wonderful to take the burden off jollof rice and try something fresh.

What Is Peanut Butter?

Peanut butter is a nutrient-dense food with a high protein content, as well as vitamins and minerals. It’s commonly used to make sandwiches and consumed as a spread on bread, toast, or crackers (notably the peanut butter and jelly sandwich).

It’s also utilized in a variety of breakfast and dessert meals.

What Is Peanut Butter Made From?

Peanut butter is made from ground peanuts that have been roasted. Sugar, salt (sodium), oils (fat) and additives that prevent separation may also be added.

Can We Use Peanut Butter For Cooking?

One thing to know about how to cook with peanut butter is that it melts easily, which means it is easy to incorporate into recipes. For instance, it can be added to soups, stews, and stir fries, incorporated into baked goods, and turned into a simple dipping sauce.

Where Does Peanut Butter Rice Come From?

Peanut butter rice is an old-style Zimbabwean rice dish commonly paired with beef or chicken stew and fried greens.

Is Eating Peanut Butter Rice Good For You?

Rice with Peanut Butter has a lot of advantages, and it’s much better when cooked over an open fire (with firewood) – it becomes smoky Peanut Butter Rice, which we all know takes this meal to the next level.

Brown rice has about the same number of calories as wheat bread with peanut butter and honey, but it lacks the sodium and fat that wheat bread contains.

How To Make Peanut Butter Rice

Peanut butter rice, a special delicacy and my favorite. The ingredients are readily available and affordable. Simply add some natural peanut butter and salt to the rice cooking water, and you’ll have a pot of delicately fragrant rice that not only provides a little protein to your supper but also helps to moderate the heat of a spicy curry if you’re serving one.

Cooking Suggestion

For added flavor, add any meat or fish to this rice.

Serving Suggestions

This style of rice, in my opinion, goes best with any stew, fried greens, and grilled or baked chicken.
In addition, the peanut sauce can be used to make roasted pork, fried rice, spring rolls, a dipping sauce for garden-fresh veggies, and shrimp.

Other rice dishes you are sure to enjoy :

Some suggestions for Amazon Links to “Suzie’s Organic Brown Rice Cake”.