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Reviewed: Mar. 21, 2008

I used this recipe as a guideline for a last-day-before-payday meal to clean out the fridge and was quite pleased with the results. I started out the alterations with 1/2 c finely chopped onion in about 3 tbsp butter in the bottom of the stock pot and proceeded to add whatever was open and needed to be used in the kitchen. I substituted chicken stock for water, used about 12 small yukon gold potatoes and added kidney beans, lots of black pepper, 1/2 tsp of chili powder and about 1/2 c of red wine from the bottom of the bottle - all of which combined with the recipe to make a nicely-flavored soup. The soup is quite hearty, filling and was even better on day two as lunch. I was pleasantly surprised with the results and recommend this recipe as a guideline that can be liberally altered to your own tastes. I may even try some chicken next time.

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misserin13

	Cooking Level: Intermediate Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA
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Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2007

This was a hearty dish and I enjoyed the flavor, but it required more water than it called for. The water completely reduced before the potatoes had cooked.

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Mrs. Sweet Pea

	Cooking Level: Beginning Living In: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2006

There was way too much rice in this recipe! I added two extra cups of water, and it was still too thick. I would decrease the rice next time, and add some more flavorful ingredients. I think I would have liked it better with less carb-heavy ingredients, and more vegetables. This would make it into more of a stew; as it was it was a rice-and-potatoes main/side dish.

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Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2006

I thought this had a very good base- I didn't have regular basil- so I used Sweet Basil instead- and it tasted great. I had to add more water before I added the spinach and stewed tomatoes- but all in all- very tasty!

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ICOUNTSTARS

	Cooking Level: Beginning Home Town: Powhatan, Virginia, USA Living In: Radford, Virginia, USA
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Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2004

I've made this a couple times now.The first time I thought it tasted quite good but the last time it was very bland.What I did to add some flavor was to add a teaspoon of butter to my bowl.One thing I'll do next time would be to use chopped spinach,the whole leaf just makes it all stringy.

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Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2004

The rice stew wasn't bad at all. I thought that it tasted better the second day. I would suggest adding the spinach only after simmering. It loses colour when it has been simmered for too long. I would suggest cooking the rice until it tenders before adding the potatoes as everybody thought the rice was still hard while the potatoes were too soft. It had a nice taste though.

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