Risi e bisi (Rice and peas)
Risi e bisi (Rice and peas)

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, risi e bisi (rice and peas). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Risi e bisi (Rice and peas) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Risi e bisi (Rice and peas) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Risi e bisi simply means rice and peas, and the dish is traditionally made with the fresh new peas of spring. Risi e bisi is cooked like risotto, and is supposed to be pretty soupy, so you need a lot of water and you need to stir it constantly. Let this first ladle of stock cook down before you add the next.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have risi e bisi (rice and peas) using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Risi e bisi (Rice and peas):
  1. Take 250 grams bacon bits
  2. Prepare 2 cup rice
  3. Make ready 1 can fresh garden peas (410g)
  4. Get 1 onion (roughly chopped)

Let's just cut right to it. It might sound intimidating but it literally translates as "rice and peas". Mark as a celebration of spring. Stir rice occasionally, allowing the rice to get starchy and the stock to cook into the rice.

Instructions to make Risi e bisi (Rice and peas):
  1. Fry the chopped onion until properly glazed.
  2. Add the bacon bits, cook until done.
  3. Add the 2 cups of rice to the same pot, add 4 cups of water, salt and pepper to taste.
  4. When the water comes to the boil cover the pot and lower the temperature.
  5. The rice will be ready when the water has boiled away.
  6. Serve with parmesan cheese if available.

Add more stock when rice starts to become dry. Stir in peas and cheese and season with salt and pepper, to your taste. Risi e bisi, which simply means rice and peas in the Venetian dialect, is the most famous of all risotti from the region. Like all risotti, it's quite simple but needs care and. We made this risi e bisi, or rice and peas, while we were camping at Detroit Lake, in Oregon, for the eclipse.

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