Basmati Rice Pilaf
Total time: 20 minutes or whatever your package says
I'm not sure of the proper definition of a 'Pilaf' but adding a bit of carrot, onion and celery can turn simple rice into a colorful, elegant side dish.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Basmati rice, 90gr, 3.2oz
- 1 carrot, 60gr, 2.1oz
- 1/2 onion, 50gr, 1.8oz
- 1 rib celery, 50gr, 1.8oz
- 2 tsp butter, 9.5gr, .34oz
- 1 cup chicken stock, 225gr, 8oz
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
Instructions:
- Finely chop onion, celery and carrot.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Add onion, carrot and celery and sauté about 3 minutes, or until softened.
- Add rice and sauté, stirring for 2 - 3 minutes longer.
- Add stock, cover and cook rice for length of time on package.
- When done fluff with a fork and serve.
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| Nutrition Information Recipe serves 2 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 437 / 218.5 Total Carbohydrates: 83 / 41.5 Dietary Fiber: 4 / 2 Total Fat: 8 / 4 Saturated Fat: 5 / 2.5 Cholesterol: 27 / 13.5 Protein: 10 / 5 Calcium: 67 / 33.5 Sodium: 497 / 248.5 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale
and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/
