Seafood “Curry” Rice

 

Not really a curry, but I like rice and I like mixed seafood, so I thought a pseudo curry over rice would be perfect comfort food! The turmeric gives it the “right color,” but of course there must be HEAT (a combination of several hot sauces)!

• 1/2 cup basmati rice
• 1 cup water
• 2 tblsp turmeric
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 lb frozen mixed seafood, thawed
• 1 tblsp unsalted butter
• 1/2 onion, sliced
• 1 tblsp ground black pepper
• 2 tblsp fish sauce
• 1/4 cup hot sauce
• 1 tblsp cornstarch, mixed with 2 tblsp water to make slurry
• 1/4 cup finely chopped scallion

1. Add rice, water, 1 tblsp turmeric, and 1 tsp salt to a small saucepan and bring to a boil. 
2. Stir, then cover and bring the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. 
3. Turn off the heat and let steam for at least 15 minutes. 
4. Fluff before serving.
5. In the meantime, melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and sauté the onion until slightly caramelized. 
6. Stir in the rest of the turmeric, salt, and black pepper. 
7. Stir in the seafood and heat over low heat until cooked. 
8. Add the fish sauce and hot sauce and stir to coat. 
9. Pour in the slurry and stir until thickened. 
10. Stir in the chopped scallion.
11. Arrange the turmeric rice in a bowl and spoon the “curry” over the rice.