RCI-RC.001.0177.001
Rice Pilaf
. Pilaf can be served as a side-dish or main dish.
Prep15 min
Cook20 min
Total35 min
Servings4
Difficultyintermediate
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons
- uncooked orzo pasta or uncooked vermicelli pasta broken into small pieces1/2 cup
- 2 cups
- 4 cups
- 1/4 teaspoon
- 4 cloves
- 4 unit
- big onion1 unitfinely cut
- carrots in fine cubes2 unit
Method
1
Melt butter or margarine in heavy deep pan or Dutch oven over medium heat.
2 minutes
2
Add vegetables and let them be lightly cooked without coloring, using the vegies would mean you omit the orzo pasta
3 minutes
3
Add orzo pasta (or small broken pieces of vermicelli pasta) and cook, stirring constantly until pasta is golden brown.
4 minutes
4
Add rice and stir until rice is well coated with butter. Allow rice to simmer in butter for a minute or two.
2 minutes
5
Add boiling chicken broth and salt.
1 minutes
6
Lower heat to a simmer, cover pan and cook 25-minutes over low heat until liquid is absorbed.
25 minutes
7
Gently fluff with a fork. Let stand for 15 to 20 minutes before serving.
2 minutes