Rice-A-Roni may be the San Francisco treat, but you can make delicious rice pilaf without a box. Rice pilaf is easy, tasty, and inexpensive. This may be a healthier alternative if you are trying to watch your salt intake.
Are you looking for new rice recipes? Have you ever tried making rice pilaf? Rice pilaf is easy to make and can be prepared in the oven. I love this dish, it is almost effortless. This dish is prepared in the oven. So once this dish is placed into the oven you can pretty much leave it alone until it is time to take it out.
What I love about this side dish is that it has no preservatives in it. If you are concerned about salt you can prepare this with a low-sodium broth so you can eliminate the excess salt. I love making rice pilaf. Rice pilaf is very adaptable, once you get the technique down you can swap out the flavors as you see fit. I recently found rice that was smoked. Smoked rice gave a very unique flavor, but you don’t need to use smoked rice.
How to Make Rice Pilaf
The basic technique for rice pilaf is very simple. You first saute aromatic vegetables in a little butter. Then you saute the rice with the vegetables. The next thing you will do is you will add stock or broth to the rice. You can make a paper tent over the rice and then you put a lid onto the pot and place the pot into a hot oven. A paper tent is optional, but it does help steam the rice a bit more, as the paper tent traps the heat and steam towards the rice when it cooks. I find that using a paper tent helps the rice cook better.
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Quick and Easy Broccoli Rice Casserole
Guadalajara Cilantro Rice
Butternut Squash Risotto
Make easy rice pilaf
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup chopped leeks you can use onions
- 2 tablespoons chopped carrots
- 2 cups rice
- 4 cups chicken stock vegetable stock is ok.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat butter in an ovenproof pot, when the butter has melted add chopped leeks and carrots. Saute over medium heat or until the leeks have become tender.
- Add rice, and cook rice until it becomes shiny. Add broth to the rice. Place a paper tent over the rice. Place the pot lid on the pot.
- Place in the oven. Bake for about 12 minutes. Remove rice from oven, and then all it to rest for 12 minutes. Remove lid and serve.
pamela says
Looks super easy to make!
Nadia says
Thanks a lot for sharing.
maiara says
Excellent video, very good
Alugar Casa em Ribeirão Preto says
Elva Hooson, what a delicious recipe! I remembered my mother, she makes wonderful rice! thank you
amor says
This sounds delightful and delicious also ?
Lazaro Silva says
Thank you so much for sharing this delicious rice recipe, my wife and I did together and it was a real delight, very good.
Treino de Corrida says
Wow! How delicious it made me hungry watching the video! I’ll test the recipe at home, then come back to talk how it was! I hope it looks good, just like your
Queima de 48 Horas Funciona says
I really liked the video! It has now become much easier for me to make rice pilaf
visite este site says
This blog was a relief to me, here I found all the tips for rice to taste! When I learn to make the right rice, I go here and give my feedback
Roger Mathisen says
Made this today, and I am very happy I did.
The video is very helpful.
I made half a portion. About 14 mins in the oven.
It was perfect. I will use this foolproof recipe often.
Thank you so much.
anna jennai says
Great video it helps me lot in my is takes
Treino para emagrecer says
Excellent video. Now I see where I was wrong to make rice pilaf
Tom Kroll says
I have been rasing 2 children alone and did not know how to cook! So the internet has been a blessing so has your site. I will try this tomorrow with sweet and sour chicken. I have been afraid to do certain rescieps but ok if it is bad I have 2 dogs that never refuse food, thank you. What ever you do next is fine with me. Bless you
Stephanie Manley says
Thank you. I am glad you have enjoyed the website!
Cynthia Tamosunas says
Great Video..I love Pilaf. One question…why does the pan have to go into the oven…can it be finished on a low, slow burner?
Mat says
How you cook the rice doesn’t really matter, but cooking on a burner adds a layer of burnt rice at the bottom, whilst using the oven cooks the rice evenly on all sides.
Mat says
Side note, soaking the long grain rices in cold water for an hour before frying lets it grow extra long, giving the more authentic pilaf experience! you would have to reduce the amount of water added later though!
Stephanie Manley says
For what it is worth, I took a semester of French Culinary school recently and this is the technique we used. I know this technique well, as I messed it up the first time, and my chef had me make pilaf whenever we needed a rice dish 😉
Elva Hooson says
This sounds delightful and delicious also!!
Elva Hooson
Stephanie says
Thank you. I hope you give this a try.
thelma evans says
Are you using instant rice?
Stephanie says
No, I used long grain white rice.
Sandra King says
Great video I always seemed to mess up any rice pilaf I’ve tried. This video of yours helped I never put the rice in the oven before can’t wait to try it thank you so much
Stephanie says
I hope the video helps I love making homemade rice pilaf.