Our soups sometimes need something to give them a real finish. They may be too liquid and need a product to fix this.
Here comes the role of rice - it can also be replaced with noodles, but their common function is the same - they help to improve the consistency of the rice dish, by adding density and nutrients to it.
Rice can be added to many soups: chicken soup, vegetable, tomato, spinach, dock soup and others.
In addition, this product is quite versatile and is present in the diet of people all around the world. It is considered the staple food for several billion people.
It is steamed, boiled or fried. We often prepare it with vegetables or meat in the oven, we stuff peppers with minced meat and rice, add it to small meatballs for meatball soup or to the larger meatballs with white/tomato sauce, use it for sarma, rice pudding and a lot more.
When it comes to soups, the rice is added 15-20 minutes before the soup is fully cooked. The amount of rice for soup can be one or two handfuls mostly.
It can be 1 coffee or tea cup (40-50 grams), depending on the recipe.
The more rice you add, the thicker the dish will be.
Of course, the total amount of soup you add rice to also matters. Spinach soup or dock soup usually contains more rice, because it tends to be thicker, while chicken soup is less.
The amount of rice for rice soup can be between 1/2 and 1 cup.
