Vegetarian - Rice Crust Pizza

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups long grain rice or 2 cups brown rice, uncooked
• 4 cups water or 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• 1/16 teaspoon tabasco sauce or 1/16 teaspoon red hot sauce
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon italian herb seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese, , divided
• 1 cup mushroom, sliced
• 1 medium green pepper, seeded and sliced
• 1 medium sweet red pepper, seeded and sliced
• 1 medium fresh tomato, , sliced
• 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 rice crust-----------------.
• 2 preheat oven to 400 f degrees.
• 3 in a medium size saucepan, add rice and water or broth.
• 4 bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.
• 5 fluff rice with a fork and set aside to cool slightly.
• 6 in a mixing bowl, combine cooked rice, beaten egg, mozzarella cheese and tabasco sauce and mix well.
• 7 press mixture evenly into a lightly greased 12 inch pizza pan, covering bottom and sides.
• 8 bake in preheated 400 f oven for 4 minutes or until set.
• 9 remove from oven and let cool slightly before adding filling.
• 10 vegetarian filling------------.
• 11 in a mixing bowl, stir together tomato sauce, garlic, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, oregano, basil, italian herb seasoning and black pepper.
• 12 spread sauce mixture over the bottom of the rice crust.
• 13 sprinkle over with 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese.
• 14 arrange sliced mushrooms, green peppers, red peppers, sliced tomatoes, and sliced red onion in layers.
• 15 sprinkle remaining 1 cup of remaining mozzarella cheese over top.
• 16 drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
• 17 bake in preheated 400 f oven for 15 minutes or until cheese bubbles.
• 18 remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
• 19 you can also use chopped fresh broccoli as another vegetable.