Any die hard processed food junkie knows what the San Francisco Treat is but most have no idea what is actually in it. Like so many other processed foods that I consumed for years I had no idea what was actually in Rice-A-Roni. I noticed a box on sale at Shoprite and decided to take a look. I checked out the chicken Rice-A-Roni label to identify what if any candida diet offenders it actually contained. I found several ingredients that are problematic to the candida diet. These problematic ingredients include rice (white rice), wheat flour, salt, sugar, autolyzed yeast extract and monosodium glutamate. None of these ingredients really suprised me as these seem like pretty much the norm for processed foods. After reviewing the entire ingredient list I decided that I would attempt a yeast free version of Rice-A-Roni.
I looked to the web for inspiration first and found a great Homemade Rice a Roni Recipe on Recipezaar to work with. I added some spices and fresh parsley to try to duplicate the special blend of seasoning present in the store bought Rice-A-Roni. I used chicken broth but I am sure that it would work equally well with other broths, just make sure whatever broth you use contains all yeast free ingredients. My yeast free homemade Rice-A-Roni came out really good. It does take a lot longer to cook than the boxed version but that is expected when cooking with brown rice. I hope that you enjoy this yeast free take on another processed classic.
Yeast Free Rice-A-Roni Ingredients (Makes 4 Servings – approximately 23.4 grams of carbohydrates per serving)
1/2 cup raw brown rice spaghetti broken into little pieces (21.5 grams carbohydrates)
1/2 cup brown rice (64 grams of carbohydrates)
1 tablespoon olive oil (0 grams of carbohydrates)
2 1/2 cups unsweetened chicken broth (5 grams of carbohydrates)
1 cup water (0 grams of carbohydrates)
1 tablespoon parsley finely chopped (1 gram of carbohydrates)
1/4 teaspoon garlic (1 gram of carbohydrates)
1/4 teaspoon onion powder (1 gram of carbohydrates)
1/8 teaspoon ground turmeric (0 gram of carbohydrates)
1/4 teaspoon sea salt (0 grams carbohydrates)
Yeast Free Rice-A-Roni Directions
In medium skillet saute’ broken spaghetti pieces and rice in olive oil
Stir constantly, until the spaghetti rice mixture begins to brown
Carefully pour in water and broth
Add all seasoning and parsley and stir
Cover and simmer on low until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender
Recipe adapted from Homemade Rice a Roni Recipe from LisaA at Recipezaar
i will definitley make this. i like your yeast free adaptations of “classic American” foods lol.
Hi Shelby,
I am glad that you like the processed food remakes. My kids really appreciate these so I keep trying to come up with more and more.
Please let us know what you think when you make this. Thanks for commenting!
Best,
Tennille