Rice Pilaf

looneytunesfan's Note:

Adopted from the RecipeZaar account. I haven't made it yet.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, Sliced
• 2 green onions, Sliced
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup long grain rice
• 1/4 medium bell pepper (Bell peppers can be any color, but should be cut into 1-inch julienne strips.)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon dried sage, Crushed
• 2 teaspoons parsley, Snipped

Directions:

1. In a 1-quart casserole microwave mushrooms, onion and butter or margarine, uncovered, on 100% power for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes or till vegetables are tender.
2. Stir in water, rice, bell pepper strips, salt, and sage.
3. Micro-cook, covered, on 100% power for 2 to 3 minutes or till boiling. micro-cook, covered, on 50% power for 14 to 16 minutes or till rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, stirring once.
4. Stir in parsley.
5. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes.

Reviews

[Anu]

Nice enough, but a little too greasy! 1/2 tablespoon of butter per serving is a little too much for a recipe that doesn't have many veggies. I skipped the mushrooms and doubled the amount of green bell peppers and it gave the rice a nice flavour.

[Chef floWer]

I did a lot of changes to this recipe, as I didn't have the fresh stuff. I cooked it on the stove top (not the microwave). I used can mushrooms, also didn't have green onions so I used brown onions. Doubled long grain rice and used chicken stock instead of water (doubled that also). I also didn't have parsley so I left it out. Served it with 'Butter Chicken'. Thank you for the Recipe