This slow cooker pesto brown rice. Is a very easy and delicious rice-based side dish, infused with tomato pesto and saffron. And made in a slow cooker! A great way to use your slow cooker to make a side dish without any further stirring or intervention. Just put it on and leave it. Whilst using your oven to roast chicken, vegetables etc, to serve with it!
Based on a Jamie Oliver recipe, from his 5 Ingredients Quick and Easy Food book.
For more ideas using Jamie Oliver recipes in your slow cooker. See my posts included at the bottom of this post.
Slow Cooker Pesto Brown Rice
This slow cooker pesto brown rice recipe is based on a Jamie Oliver recipe. You can view the original recipe online at: Baked saffron rice.
Also included in his 5 Ingredients Quick and Easy Food book. (*Available on Amazon UK.)
Slow Cooker Pesto Brown Rice
Ingredients
- Pinch of saffron
- 400 ml just boiled water
- 200 g brown long grain rice, rinsed and drained
- 3 tbsp chilli pesto or sun-dried tomato paste
- Salt and pepper to taste
- To serve: sweetcorn, fresh herbs, sliced spring onions and/or plain yoghurt, optional
Instructions
- Add the water to the slow cooker, stir in the saffron and allow it to steep and infuse for 10 seconds.
- Then add the rice, pesto, salt and pepper. Stir well.
- Cover with a piece of foil, so that it's just touching the surface of the water. This will prevent the top of the rice from drying out, and allows the top to steam cook.
- Cover with the lid. Cook on High for 1.5 to 2 hours.
- Once the rice is cooked through use a fork to fluff up the grains.
- If you wish, stir in some corn, spring onions, herbs or chopped peppers. And serve up as a side dish. Along with some cool plain yoghurt.
Notes
- I omitted the onions in this slow cooker version. Mainly so that I could make this rice dish in one step and reduce the preparation time! But if you want to fry up some onions, before adding it to the rice in the slow cooker. Check out Jamie’s original recipe linked above, for details.
- For my recipe for simple plain steamed brown rice. See also: How to cook brown rice in a slow cooker.
More Slow Cooker Ideas based on Jamie Oliver Recipes
For more ways to use Jamie Oliver recipes in your slow cooker. You might like:
Mustardy Beef from Jamie Oliver – Slow Cooker Version.
Slow Cooker Whole Chicken Curry based on a Jamie Oliver Recipe.
For some top slow cooker books from beginner level and up. See also my 10 Best UK Slow Cooker Recipe Books and Reviews. Including ebooks for Amazon Kindle, Mac, iPad and iPhone.
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