Lebanese Style Rice
From jimrug1 16 years ago
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked long grain rice shopping list
- 2 Tbls clarified butter shopping list
- 1/4 cup small pasta (I use Orzo but you could used any thin pasta such as vermicelli broken up into small pieces. shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups (Hot) water. shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
How to make it
- 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.
The Rating
Reviewed by 10 people-
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.
sheba
in Lac La Biche loved it
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Love this one... Thanks Jim... :-)
berry
in Myrtle Beach loved it
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I love the combination of rice and orzo - and I have both at home. Great recipe, Jim - thanks again.
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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