Bacon and Mushroom Rice
Creamy stirred rice that costs about as much as a side dish.
Ingredients
- Bacon rashers250 g
- Mushrooms300 g
- Arborio rice350 g
- Brown onion200 g
- Garlic15 g
- Grated hard cheese80 g
- Butter40 g
- Frozen peas150 g
Method
- Cook the chopped bacon in a wide pan until the fat renders and it starts to crisp. Set aside.
- Add the butter, sliced mushrooms and diced onion and cook for 8 minutes until the mushrooms give up their liquid.
- Stir in the garlic and the rice and coat well in the fat.
- Add 1.2 litres of hot water a ladle at a time, stirring, until the rice is tender and creamy — about 20 minutes.
- Fold through the peas, bacon and grated cheese, season, and rest for 2 minutes before serving.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Vegetarian
Double Mushroom Rice
- 250 g Swiss brown mushrooms instead of Bacon rashers
Brown the Swiss brown mushrooms in half the butter for 5 minutes in place of the bacon, set aside, and fold them back in at the end.
Vegan
Double Mushroom Rice
- 250 g Swiss brown mushrooms instead of Bacon rashers
- 20 g Nutritional yeast instead of Grated hard cheese
- 40 ml Olive oil instead of Butter
Brown the Swiss brown mushrooms in a little of the oil for 5 minutes in place of the bacon, set aside, and fold them back in with the nutritional yeast at the end.
Dairy-free
- 20 g Nutritional yeast instead of Grated hard cheese
- 40 ml Olive oil instead of Butter
Fold the nutritional yeast through at the end where the cheese goes in.
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
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Missing items
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Pak'nSaveBest choice· $14.04 of food
$44.22
68% spare
No price at Pak'nSave for:
- Grated hard cheese
New World· $19.88 of food · $5.84 more
$66.10
70% spare
No price at New World for:
- Grated hard cheese
Woolworths NZ· $21.15 of food · $7.11 more
$35.77
41% spare
No price at Woolworths NZ for:
- Grated hard cheese
$3.51a serve
from $3.51 a serve at Pak'nSave · 7 of 8 ingredients priced
About $14.04 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$70.22 across 3 shops · 7 of 8 items priced · $36.78 more for bigger packs, 80% spare for later
Pak'nSaveBest choice$14.04
missing 1 item
you'll pay $44.22 · 68% of it spare
New World$19.88
missing 1 item · $5.84 more
you'll pay $66.10 · 70% of it spare
Woolworths NZ$21.15
missing 1 item · $7.11 more
you'll pay $35.77 · 41% of it spare
Buy at Pak'nSave$38.24
Bacon rashers
$21.98/kg
need 250 gPams Streaky Bacon 1000g 500 g$10.99closest match
Pak'nSave$21.98/kg$10.99·New World$31.92/kg$3.49·Woolworths NZ$7.00
Mushrooms
$10.99/kg
need 300 gWhite Button Mushrooms 1 kg$10.99closest match
Pak'nSave$10.99/kg$10.99·Woolworths NZ$5.80·New World$24.45/kg$4.89
Arborio rice
$0.71/100g
need 350 gRiviana Arborio Italian Risotto Rice 1 kg$7.08closest match
Pak'nSave$0.71/100g$7.08·Woolworths NZ$6.69·New World$0.78/100g$7.78
Butter
$2.40/100g
need 40 gMainland Salted Butter 100g 250 g$5.99closest matchreal special
Pak'nSave$2.40/100g$5.99·Woolworths NZ$6.80·New World$3.00/100g$7.49
Frozen peas
$3.19/kg
need 150 gPams Frozen Minted Garden Peas 1 kg$3.19closest match
Pak'nSave$3.19/kg$3.19·Woolworths NZ$2.00·New World$3.49/kg$3.49
Buy at Woolworths NZ$4.99
Brown onion
$4.99
need 200 gWoolworths fresh vegetable onions brown 1.5 kg
Woolworths NZ$4.99·Pak'nSave$3.49/kg$3.49·New World$3.59/kg$3.59
Buy at New World$26.99
Garlic
$26.99/kg
need 15 gLoose Garlic 1 kg$26.99
New World$26.99/kg$26.99·Woolworths NZ$2.49·Pak'nSave~$41.50/kg$2.49
Not priced
- Grated hard cheese · 80 g