10-Minute Rice Cakes

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⏱ 10 mins 🍽 ['1', '2 rice cakes'] 🌶 american 🏷 Breakfast

Discover a speedy method for creating savoury rice cakes, perfect for a fast breakfast or light dinner. This recipe transforms leftover cooked white rice with a simple binding of egg, milk, and chopped fresh basil, seasoned with salt and pepper. The mixture is pan-fried in butter until golden, resulting in two deliciously crisp patties. The entire process from bowl to plate takes only about 10 minutes, offering a satisfying and resourceful meal with minimal effort and maximum flavour.

10-Minute Rice Cakes

Ingredients

  • 0.5 cup cooked white rice
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
  • 1 teaspoon milk
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1.5 teaspoons butter

Method

  1. Combine the cooked rice, egg, chopped basil, milk, salt, and pepper in a mixing bowl.
  2. Heat the butter in a skillet until melted. Divide the rice mixture into two portions and place them in the skillet. Fry until the underside is browned, approximately 3 minutes. Turn them over and cook for about 2 more minutes until the second side is also browned.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories229 kcal
Fat11 g
Protein9 g
Sodium269 mg

Recipe details

CategoryBreakfast
Cuisineamerican
AuthorLauren