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Toasted red brown rice with seaweed and sesame

Toasted red brown rice with seaweed and sesame

Vegetarian

A Vietnamese snack: cooked red brown rice, mixed with ground seaweed and sesame salt, then baked dry until the grains pop.

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Recipe from HDD-ful00, Đức Anh, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This grilled brown rice with seaweed is a delicious alternative to traditional rice. Rich in fiber and minerals, the seaweed adds a crunchy and savory seafood flavor to this dish.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Resting30 min
  • Total2 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying pan
  • Estimated cost$3.06 $0.51 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

6 people
  • $2.24
  • $0.37
  • $0.02
  • $0.13
  • $0.27
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Soak the brown rice for 30 minutes in warm water, then cook it in a rice cooker.
  2. Rinse the seaweed and drain it. ≈ 2 min
  3. Toast the sesame seeds in a frying pan until they are fragrant, then grind them with the salt using a mortar and pestle.
  4. Dry the seaweed thoroughly until it is crisp, then grind it into a powder.
  5. Mix the cooked rice with some of the seaweed, sesame seeds, oil, garlic, sugar, seasoning, and a little pepper. ≈ 4 min
  6. Cook the rice over low heat in a hot frying pan, stirring gently to prevent the grains from sticking together, until they have puffed up and started to crackle.
  7. Spread the rice in a colander to cool, then pass it through a frying pan 2 or 3 times.
  8. Mix with the remaining seaweed and sesame seeds, and serve on its own or with other dishes. ≈ 4 min

The bill

Toasted red brown rice with seaweed and sesame

  • 1 kg of red brown rice$2.24
  • 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds$0.37
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt$0.02
  • 2 tablespoons of oil$0.13
  • 3 cloves of garlic, crushed$0.27
  • 50 g of sugar$0.03

Total$3.06

that's $0.51 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 1 kg of red brown rice
  • 1 package of dried seaweed (approximately 30g)
  • 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of oil
  • 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 50 g of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder
  • pepper (optional)

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