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Lebanese Style Rice Recipe

	Jimrug1 / All my dishes 1 year, 8 months ago The addition of browned pasta to rice seems to transform it into a true side dish. Our family rarely would fix plain white rice. If I post a recipe to be served over rice. This is the rice I am talking about. Prep:5m Cook:20m Servings:4	Jimrug1
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Ingredients

1 cup uncooked long grain rice

2 Tbls Clarified Butter

1/4 cup small pasta (I use Orzo but you could used any thin pasta such as Vermicelli broken up into small pieces.

2 1/2 cups (Hot) water.

salt to taste

Directions

Wash Rice until water runs clear. (Optional) Drain thoroughly.

Saute' pasta in butter until medium - dark brown but not burnt. Add rice and salt. Stir constantly until rice is well coated with butter and begins to turn translucent.

Add hot water, bring to a boil, and boil for 2 mins. Reduce heat to low, cover simmer 15 mins. Remove from heat, leave covered an additional 5 mins.

To serve as a stand alone side dish. Top with Sauteed pine nuts or almonds in brown butter.

Variation. To serve with chicken, add a pinch of saffron or 2-3 anatto seeds when frying the pasta to add a delicate orangish yellow color.

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Comments

sheba 1 year, 8 months ago said:
We love this recipe! I use chicken broth in place of the water, so will have to try your version. Thank you for the reminder, I haven't made this in a while.

berry 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Love this one... Thanks Jim... :-)

lunasea 1 year, 8 months ago said:
I love the combination of rice and orzo - and I have both at home. Great recipe, Jim - thanks again.

grandmommy 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Thanks Jim. This sounds simple and delicious. Brown butter and nuts? That would make anything taste good wouldn't it?

magali777 1 year, 8 months ago said:
I have some good Libanese friends here in Mexico and I've always wanted this recipe, thank you!

jencathen 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Yummy!

shine 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I'm so glad that you stopped to take a look at the Muhammara... now I've got a whole new cache of recipes to try out!

I've been looking for something a little bit different to do with the eggplant on the salad. I'm looking forward to doing this soon! Great job, Jim!

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falafel_fanatic 1 year, 4 months ago said:
This sounds tasty.

pointsevenout 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I forgot to put the saffron in while it was cooking so I sprinkled on some turmeric at the end to yellow it up some. You can see a picture of the rice plated along with some baked stuffed eggplant and zucchini on your baked stuffed eggplant recipe page.

cabincrazyone 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Sounds like a great improvement over plain rice. I will make it.
I enjoy Minnesota wild rice mixed into rice dishes such as chicken rice soup, and so on.

mlk_ 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Simple and tasty , thanks

krumkake 10 months, 1 week ago said:
I love this rice with the orzo - so simple, but unbeatable flavor. I never would have thought that was all there was to it. Obviously the browning in the clarified butter really kicks up the taste. I can't wait to try this at home, since I've loved it for so long in the restaurants I go to!

ambus 9 months, 1 week ago said:
Sounds soooooooo good!Thanks for the recipe!

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