Butter Baked Rice (Oamc)

Submitted by Pamela

"Adapted from "Company's Coming: Make Ahead Meals" by J. Pare. Prep time includes time for rice to soak."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 45mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 3 cups
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup long grain rice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock)
• 3 teaspoons parsley
• 1⁄4 cup slivered almonds (optional)

directions

1. Measure rice and salt in a bowl and pour on boiling water just to cover. Let stand 30 minutes.
2. Drain and rinse with cold water.
3. Melt butter in a frying pan and add rice. Saute for 5 minutes, stirring often until most of the butter is absorbed.
4. Transfer to a greased 1L casserole dish.
5. Combine garlic powder and chicken stock and pour over rice. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
6. Add parsley and fluff with a fork.
7. Sprinkle with almonds and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
8. Cool completely, label and freeze.
9. To serve, thaw overnight and reheat.
10. Garnish with additional parsley if desired.
11. To save time, double or triple recipe and make 2 or 3 meals at once.

Reviews

[Leslie]

Oh boy, was this delicious! I made it and froze it for a little over a week and it thawed and cooked just great. It stayed moist and flavourful and we all enjoyed it. One change I made was to use brown rice, and I added a 2 1/2 cups of stock as I find brown rice requires a little more liquid for cooking. Thanks for a great addition to my OAMC cookbook!

 

[didyb]

What good rice! I left out the parsley and almonds to avoid the whining of children. I followed directions as written and do suggest making at least a double batch to freeze some for later. I'm wondering, what is the purpose of soaking the rice first?

 

[alleycatb]

loved this and so easy

 

[CheSara]

I made with Beef boullion and brown rice and just cooked an extra ten minutes. Delicious! Very easy to change according to tastes. Thanks!

 

[Gadget_Queen]

Another winner, Pamela. I made my second double batch last night in 2 weeks. I used a little less butter. I used only the salt and garlic and added onion powder (DS won't eat green stuff). I froze in 1 cup containers, and nuked in the container with 1 T of water for a couple of minutes without thawing. It has really come in handy with unexpected houseguests fleeing Hurricane Rita. Perfect every time! Thank you, thank you.