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Italian Rice Pilaf

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This dish has a lot of Italian flavors, like bay, thyme, rosemary, garlic, and Chianti wine.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups uncooked white rice
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp freshly-ground black pepper
  • 2 ½ cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 cup red wine, preferably Chianti
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 7 cloves garlic, smashed
  • 10 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 5–6 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 1 large onion, finely diced

Instructions

  1. 1
    Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium high heat. Add rice and onion and cook until rice is golden.
  2. 2
    Meanwhile, combine remaining ingredients. Once rice has toasted, remove from pot and add mixture. Bring to a boil and add rice. Cook, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes or until rice is desired tenderness.
  3. 3
    Serve warm with a steak, a glass of red wine, and maybe a vegetable sauté.
Category
Side Dishes
Cuisine
Italian

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Italian_Rice_Pilaf