Rice Pilaf With Cinnamon and Golden Raisins

PaulaG's Note:

This is an adaptation on a recipe that was emailed to me. The original recipe was from The New Family Cookbook for People with Diabetes. It goes well with Apricot Chicken for the Gourmet Crock Pot.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 2 cups chicken stock or 2 cups broth
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1/3 cup golden raisin

Directions:

1. In a heavy saucepan, warm the olive oil.
2. When warm add the onion and rice; cook stirring constantly until onion is transparent and rice begins to brown.
3. Stir in the broth, turmeric, cinnamon and salt.
4. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
5. The last 5 minutes, stir in the raisins.
6. Remove from heat, stir in parsley, cover and let stand, covered for 5 minutes.

Reviews

[Lainey6605]

This was very good! I've never had rice with raisins, but it was really tasty! That and the cinnamon added a subtle sweetness to the rice. A nice change of pace from the usual rice pilaf. Thanks for sharing! Made for ZWT7 for the Skim Into Africa Challenge for the Vivacious Violets.

[petlover]

Great! My son loved this- i added extra raising and i made this in the rice cooker after first preparing the pan -made for zw7

[Sydney Mike]

Outstanding, & that's probably because of the inclusion of raisins & cinnamon ~ Whatever, this is a great rice pilaf, & definitely something I'll make again & again! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed in the Family Picks part of ZWT6]