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/ck/, what would you recommend as a good calorie-free sauce or topping for rice?

>> No.3869629

Bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, a TINY bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, cumin, make a sauce, enjoy.
Spices up to you.
You can also make it taste more asian-ish using some soy or fish sauce (no salt then), use some liquid smoke for a bbq taste (same, no salt), imagination.

>> No.3869633

>good calorie-free sauce or topping for rice?
Why? This doesn't exist in Chinese cuisine, definitely Korean though.

Pork Sung if you need. It has calories.

>> No.3869636

A good traditional Japanese rice topping is furikake. It's usually a mix of dried fish flakes, sesame seeds, chopped nori or other ingredients. There are dozens of varieties from simple, to complex, to spicy. It's not calorie-free, but it is very low-calorie (30-60cal. per serving). One of my favorite ways to spice up plain rice.

>> No.3869691

>>3869633
>Why?
uh, because I've been eating rice with hot sauce and it's pretty boring. Anything else I would put on top of rice is just going to add a ton of calories to the dish, which isn't worth it.

>> No.3869698

>>3869691
Just, uh, eat smaller portions then?

>> No.3869701

> calorie free rice

stupid fat chick detected

enjoy pounding down 2 liter bottles of "light" soda in an effort to lose weight

>> No.3869706

>>3869698
uh, why would i do that?

>> No.3869714

>calorie-free sauce
>water

>> No.3869715

>>3869701
illiterate retard detected

>> No.3869773

>>3869625
Soy sauce but be careful of the SODIUM.

>> No.3869802
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>> No.3869810

My favourite two ways of doing rice are

a) with some vinegar or lime, soy sauce, green onions, ginger, some sort of pea or lentil, and hot sauce... maybe a pinch of sugar depending on my mood.

b) mashed up in a food processor with lentils or peas, oats, garlic, oregano, onion, maybe some mushrooms and/or eggplant, cumin, paprika, thyme, s&p, and any other "meaty" kinda spice I feel like adding, rolled up into balls, and fried in a bit of oil til crisp, then baked... makes pretty decent veg meatballs.

My deal is that I'm poor though, not that I'm on a low cal diet... still, these things can be adapted.

There are better things to remove calories from than rice toppings.

>> No.3869812

>I'm concerned with eating too many calories.
>Why would I eat smaller portions?

my sides

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>>3869802

>> No.3870375

melt some butter and mix in some flour, add some chicken broth (or use milk and powdered chicken seasoning like I do), bring it to a boil and simmer it down. Make sure to whisk that shit up good too. Fucking awesome to mix into your rice.

You could also cook your rice in broth instead of water to give it some flavor.

>> No.3870384

fry your masala, add blended tomatoes, onions, ginger and chili peppers, add whatever veggie you like, season, ready.

>> No.3870430

I would go with soy sauce, personally. It's not calorie free, but it is rather low in calories, ~10/tbsp. Maybe add some toasted sesame seeds and green onion as a garnish. You'll need to use the soy sauce as part of the water you use to cook the rice to keep it from getting slimy though. Should work out fine.
>>3870375
>making a roux and adding chicken broth
I'm guessing you didn't read the entire first post of the thread. OP asked for calorie-free toppings, not a fucking condensed fat gravy.

>> No.3870444
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3870444

Why has nobody suggested Furikake yet? It's a rice seasoning, it comes in jars. there are many different flavors and they are all low in calories. Check the Asian section of your supermarket or visit an Asian market.

>> No.3870504

Is frying cooked rice with only soy sauce a good way to give it some taste?

>> No.3870529

>>3870504
>Fry
>No fat
Does not compute.
No need to give it a toss in a wok or a pan if you don't actually fry it. Just heat in MW and add soy sauce.

>> No.3870532

>>3870529
What I meant was just tossing it into a pan and mixing it up with soy sauce.

>> No.3870556

>>3870444
That brand is made in China.

>> No.3870585

>>3870532

That's no different than simply pouring soy sauce onto cooked rice. There's no point in tossing it in the pan, that won't do anything except make a mess.

>> No.3870592

>eating a ton of rice
>being concerned about calories

dry rice has 370cal/100g making it calorie dense as fuck

OP go and read /fit/ sticky then proceed to use some calorie counter like myfitnesspal

>> No.3870595

>>3870592
Eating rice dry. Is this bro science?

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3870596

>>3869625
Chinesefag here.
This shit is god tier cuisine. Cheap tasty available weeaboo.

>> No.3870601

>>3870595

you weight it before cooking, boiled rice has less calories but 100g of it is a tiny amount

ITT nobody has a slight clue about nutritional values of food

>> No.3870605

>>3870592
100g of dry rice makes a LOT of cooked rice--several servings worth.

>> No.3870609

>>3870596
make sure to mix well

>> No.3870612

>>3870605

a couple of good servings or three very small ones

>> No.3870613

>>3870601
Most people ITT eat white polished enriched rice, what do you expect?