Halloumi Cheese With Rice
This recipe was actually inspired when I was travelling and looking for something for lunch. I came across a salad made from halloumi cheese and wild rice that was spiced with chilli. I decided to try to make a supper recipe with similar ingredients. This dish is meant to be eaten hot but it would also be good to have leftovers for a packed lunch the next day. Or it could be served as a salad as part of a buffet.
Halloumi Cheese is very versatile and is delicious flavoured with chilli and ginger in this easy supper recipe
Halloumi cheese is available in supermarkets and is wonderful for vegetarian dishes. It keeps its shape when cooked and adds substance and a salty flavour to many dishes. You may already have tried Stuffed Peppers with Halloumi Cheese or Halloumi Cheese With Chickpeas
Unopened, halloumi cheese keeps for many months as it is packed in brine so it is a great store cupboard ingredient.
You can even buy a kit to make Halloumi at home!
Wild Rice
Wild rice makes a lovely change from plain rice. The wild rice you buy in the supermarkets is actually a mix of rice and wild rice. Wild rice is a seed of a grass grown in North America. rather than a grain so is quite different from other rice but it cooks well with it.
You could use the rice you have in your cupboard for this recipe too.
Halloumi Cheese Recipe With Rice
Ingredients
- 250g wild rice
- 200g halloumi cheese
- 1 large red pepper
- 1 medium red onion
- 150g baby spinach leaves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 red chilli
- 1/2 inch root ginger
- 2 cloves garlic
Cooking Directions
- Pre-heat the oven to 185 degrees C
- Slice the onion
- Slice the red pepper
- Place the onion and pepper on a baking tray and sprinkle with olive oil
- Bake in the oven for around 20 minutes until soft and starting to char
- Meanwhile place the wild rice in boiling water and simmer for about 20 minutes
- Chop the halloumi cheese into cubes
- Chop the chilli and ginger quite finely
- Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a large heavy bottomed saucepan
- Add the cheese, chilli, garlic and ginger and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the spinach and cook until wilted
- Remove the pepper and onion from the oven and chop the pepper into smaller pieces
- Stir into the pan with the cheese, spinach and chilli.
- Once the rice is cooked, drain thoroughly and stir into the cheese mixture.
- Serve immediately
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