Steamed Rice With Orange Zest for a Brighter Taste
There are many ways to revitalize your soft rice diet, from adding a few pinches of saffron to soaking the rice in beer to enhance its nutty quality.
One way to enhance the flavor of regular rice without increasing calories is to toss a few orange peels into a boiling rice pot or rice cooker. Southeast Asian food blogger David Yip recommends scraping the core off to prevent bitterness, then adding oil and salt to reveal the full flavor of the rice and citrus fruits.
The result is vibrant, flavorful rice with little effort or expense. It’s also a great way to use an ingredient that would otherwise end up in the scrap heap.