Call me addicted to Rice-a-Roni. Guilty, as charged. I’ve always love the stuff a little too much. I know that eating rice from a package isn’t as good as making it homemade, so I decided to go for it. I made some homemade rice pilaf. It was so easy! Once you make this easy rice recipe once, you’ll never want to buy a box again.
All that’s involved is toasting some orzo pasta in butter with onions and garlic. Regular white rice and broth are added in later and cooked until tender. I like to use chicken broth. If you want to keep it vegetarian, use vegetable broth instead. No more Rice-a-Roni for me! And hopefully for you too 🙂
Variations on Classic Rice Pilaf:
Here are some great suggestions from readers who have made this:
Use olive oil instead of butter for sauteing, then add butter to the rice when it’s done cooking to finish it off. Add in 4-ounces of broken-up vermicelli to the recipe. Add in celery, slivered almonds and golden raisins. Add in some chicken bouillon for more flavor. Really good with Parmesan cheese and chopped tomatoes.
Here are a few more rice recipes you might like:
Spanish Rice Fiesta Rice Easy Coconut Rice Brown Butter Rice Fried Rice Baked Parmesan Rice Cranberry Rice Pilaf Lemon Rice with Capers and Parsley
