stronglive1 Recipe — Asian Cabbage and Tea Rice

Crisp, light-tasting Asian-inspired dish.

Ingredients

• 4 green tea bags
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup long-grain white rice
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, or to taste
• salt to taste
• 1 pound cabbage, chopped
• 1 cup shelled edamame (green soybeans)
• 1 cup slivered almonds
• 1 red bell pepper, minced

Cooking Directions

1. Tie tea bags onto a wooden spoon. Fill a small pot with 2 cups water; add wooden spoon with tea bags. Bring water to a boil and remove tea bags. Add rice to boiling tea water, reduce heat to medium-low, cover pot, and simmer until rice has absorbed tea water, about 20 minutes. Stir sesame seeds and salt into rice.
2. Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add cabbage, cover, and steam until tender yet still crisp, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove steamer from heat.
3. Place edamame and almonds in a small pot; add enough water to cover. Bring water to a boil, remove pot from heat, and drain. Chop edamame and almonds.
4. Combine cabbage, red bell pepper, edamame, and almonds in a bowl; serve over tea-infused rice.

Nutrition Facts

• calories374.6
• carbohydrateContent50.8 g
• fatContent14.6 g
• fiberContent6.6 g
• proteinContent10.8 g
• saturatedFatContent1.2 g
• sodiumContent69.3 mg
• sugarContent6 g