It's Thyme for Rice Pilaf
photo by PalatablePastime
- Ready In:
- 48mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 59.16 ml butter or 59.16 ml margarine
- 236.59 ml chopped onion
- 236.59 ml finely diced carrot
- 118.29 ml thinly sliced celery
- 118.29 ml chopped green pepper
- 2 clove garlic, minced
- 354.88 ml uncooked long-grain rice
- 414.03 ml fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
- 236.59 ml water
- 118.29 ml frozen peas
- 59.14 ml chopped fresh parsley
- 14.79 ml chopped fresh thyme or 4.92 ml dried thyme leaves
- 1.23 ml Tabasco sauce, to taste
- 2.46 ml salt, to taste
- 0.61 ml black pepper, to taste
directions
- Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan; add onion, carrots, celery, green pepper, and garlic, cooking until tender.
- Remove vegetables from pan and set aside.
- Heat remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in pan; add rice and cook, stirring constantly, until rice is light brown.
- Do not burn rice.
- Stir in chicken broth, water, frozen peas, cooked vegetables, parsley, thyme, Tabasco, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 15-20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.
- Fluff with fork before serving.
- Tip: if rice seems wet, place clean dishtowel firmly between lid and pan; let rest for 10-15 minutes while towel absorbs excess liquid.
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Reviews
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Sue, this is so good, how do I thank you? This tasted like its come from the best hotel in the world. It was very flavourful and an extremely good comfort food. I did substitute the butter/margarine with cooking oil and the Tobasco sauce with Soy sauce as I didnt have that on hand. Otherwise, I stuck to the recipe. One thing that I wanted to point out was that after the veggies are cooked and kept aside, when the rice is added in, its not necessary to stir fry it for 7-8 minutes to obtain the light brown colour. The colour comes to the light brown shade within 2-3 minutes maximum. Keeping the rice without any liquid(stock/water) for 7-8 minutes would DEFINITELY result in burning the rice. This is otherwise a perfect recipe for a lunch party! Thanks, will make it the next time we have a party!
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Made this tonight for dinner to go with sauteed flounder. My family RAVED about it. I didn't have chicken broth so I just used water and it was still very flavorful. I also left out the peas, parsley and tabasco (personal preference). I only used 1 cup of rice (Jasmine) with 1.5 cups water and adjusted the veggie volume. Now I wished I'd made more because it was so tasty!
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Tweaks
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This was great - a real keeper. I added mushrooms instead of green peppers (my hubby hates them) and omitted the Tabasco because my kids are really sensitive to anything spicy. I also used 2 cups of chicken broth and a quarter cup of water - this was plenty, the rice was perfect. The flavors are great, nothing too over powering... blends very nicely. Perfect compliment to a lemon pepper turkey breast and steamed green beans. Delicious!
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Sue, this is so good, how do I thank you? This tasted like its come from the best hotel in the world. It was very flavourful and an extremely good comfort food. I did substitute the butter/margarine with cooking oil and the Tobasco sauce with Soy sauce as I didnt have that on hand. Otherwise, I stuck to the recipe. One thing that I wanted to point out was that after the veggies are cooked and kept aside, when the rice is added in, its not necessary to stir fry it for 7-8 minutes to obtain the light brown colour. The colour comes to the light brown shade within 2-3 minutes maximum. Keeping the rice without any liquid(stock/water) for 7-8 minutes would DEFINITELY result in burning the rice. This is otherwise a perfect recipe for a lunch party! Thanks, will make it the next time we have a party!
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PalatablePastime
Cincinnati
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