Chicken Flavored Rice
A simple method to turn ordinary white rice into a delicious, delectable side dish is to add chicken flavor to it.This recipe for a side dish that will quickly become a favorite combines long grain white rice, orzo, chicken broth, chicken base, and spice.
Yield: 4
Materials
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- 1 cup Long Grain White Rice
- ½ cup Orzo Pasta
- ½ teaspoon Dried Minced Onion
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
- 3¼ cup Chicken Broth
- 1 tablespoon Chicken Base
- Salt if needed at the end
- Chopped Fresh Parsley for garnish optional
Instructions
- In a medium pot (approximately 2½ to 3 quarts), melt the butter over medium heat.
- Add the orzo and white rice once the butter has melted and foamed. Sauté until faintly browned in places, about 5 minutes. To keep it from turning too brown on one side, stir it around regularly.
- To the rice, add the chicken stock, black pepper, and chopped dried onion.
- Add the chicken base next, and mix thoroughly until it dissolves.
- Turn the heat up to high and boil the soup, which should take two to three minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the liquid is nearly completely evaporated and the rice-orzo mixture starts to separate on the surface (approximately 10 minutes). Just to make sure the orzo/rice does not adhere to the pan's bottom, stir once in a while.
- Once the orzo and rice are cooked, reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer the chicken-flavored rice for about 20 minutes. Only once, around halfway through cooking, should you stir.
- When the rice is cooked, open the pan and fluff the rice with a fork to release the steam.
- If necessary, add salt after tasting the rice. We added a little extra to ours as a point of reference.
- Serve and enjoy with a garnish of chopped parsley, if preferred.