Community Pick
Greek Lemon Pilaf
photo by gailanng
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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3-4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
- 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup long grain rice
- 2 tablespoons orzo pasta
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
directions
- In a heavy saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender.
- Add rice and orzo and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
- Add chicken broth and lemon juice and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed.
- Fluff pilaf up with fork and stir in chopped parsley.
Reviews
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So Yummy! I am a vegetarian, so I used Smart Balance dairy free butter, and veggie stock. Because some reviewers said that it was a little liquidy, I added a little more orzo to help absorb any extra liquid. I made the entire recipe in my rice cooker. I sauteed the onion in the butter, right in my rice cooker, added all of the other ingredients, per the instructions, and closed the lid. It came out perfectly and sooo good!
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Tweaks
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It should be 1-3/4 cup chicken broth and 1/4 cup lemon juice to equal 2 cups total liquid and you need to use 1/4 cup orzo and 3/4 cups rice. And after sauteing the onions add the orzo first and brown then add the rice. Don't put both at the same time. This is coming from a Greek who's been making rice pilaf my whole life.
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PalatablePastime
Cincinnati
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