Oven Baked Orange Rice

Submitted by BeccaB3c

"I just love rice! This doubles well, just put in a bigger dish and keep an eye on the time."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup regular long grain rice
• 2⁄3 cup celery, chopped
• 2 tablespoons onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon orange rind, grated
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup minute maid orange juice
• 1 1⁄4 cups water
• chopped parsley (optional)
• slivered almonds (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix the rice, celery, onion, butter, orange peel and salt together and pour into a buttered 1-quart casserole dish.
3. In a saucepan, heat the orange juice and water together to boiling.
4. Add the orange juice mixture to the casserole dish and stir.
5. Cover and bake about 45 minutes or until the rice is fluffy and tender.
6. Toss with a fork and sprinkle with chopped parsley or slivered almonds.

Reviews

[Kana6615]

I thought the flavor of this dish was wonderful. The celery paired with the orange was particularly noteworthy--a surprise to me. I steamed in rice in a steamer and had some problems with the rice being done. I think, however, that this was an appliance problem rather than a recipe problem.

 

[CIndytc]

what a wonderful recipe...I served this with Japanese Mums Chicken and it was a big hit...

 

[Lori Mama]

I have never cooked rice with orange juice before and I'm glad I gave this recipe a try. Wonderful flavor. My husband kept saying how good it tasted. :)

 

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

This is one of my favourites!!!!!! The taste of orange in this is incredible and this goes like hot cakes! A real keeper! The parsley adds its own zing to this fantastic orange rice. Mmmm, this is superb!