Provencal Pilaf Recipes

PROVENCAL PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In an oven-safe saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, heat oil until it shimmers. Add diced onion and sauté until soft and translucent, 3-5 minutes. Add garlic and sauté 30-60 seconds, until fragrant. Add rice and stir until rice turns opaque and smells nutty, 2-3 minutes. Add bay leaf, salt, pepper, herbes de Provence, orange zest and chicken broth. Bring to a boil.
• Stir pot once. Cover pan with a damp dish towel, apply the lid, and fold the corners of the towel up over the lid. Transfer to oven and bake 15 minutes.
• Remove pot to counter and leave UNDISTURBED 20 minutes. DO NOT remove the cover. At the end of this time, turn rice out onto a platter, remove bay leaf and orange zest, add olives and fluff with a fork before serving.

HERBED BASMATI RICE

Steps:

• Combine the rice, 1 3/4 cups water, the salt, and butter in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce the heat to low, stir once, and simmer, covered tightly, for 15 minutes. (I need to pull the pot half off the burner to keep it from boiling over.) Turn off the heat and allow the rice to sit covered for 5 minutes. Add the parsley, dill, scallions, and pepper. Fluff with a fork, and serve warm.

ROASTED VEGETABLE PILAF PROVENÇAL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425. Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in heavy, large saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots and sauté until lightly browned. Add rice, chicken broth and 1 tsp. herbs de Provence. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer at low heat until rice is tender, about 45 minutes. Meanwhile, in 15 x 10 x 1-inch pan, combine mushrooms, zucchini and bell pepper. Add remaining 2 Tbsp oil, remaining 1 tsp. herbs, salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Bake 15 minutes; stir in tomatoes. Bake 5 minutes more or until vegetables are tender. Stir vegetables and olives into rice. Garnish with fresh herb sprigs if desired. Makes 6 servings. Nice with grilled chicken. Priscilla Yee Concord, California

POULET DE PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Mix 2 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, and garlic in a bowl and stir chicken breast halves into the mixture to coat. Transfer chicken with marinade into the skillet and cook, turning occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink inside, 5 to 8 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a platter and keep warm.
• Pour 1/3 cup chicken stock into skillet and stir to dissolve browned bits of food from the skillet. Cook and stir shallot and mushrooms until mushrooms are tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1/3 cup chicken stock, herbes de Provence, and 1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are deep brown in color, about 2 minutes.
• Return chicken breasts to pan and top each with 1/2 slice of provolone cheese. Cover skillet and let cheese melt; serve with mushrooms.

RICE WITH HERBES DE PROVENCE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan stir together rice, chicken stock, herbes de Provence, salt, and pepper. Set over high heat, and bring to a simmer; cover, and cook 20 minutes. Fluff with a fork, and serve.

HADDOCK PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease/spray a large shallow baking dish.
• In a small sauce pan, melt butter and add oil to heat through.
• Add garlic and saute until soft - do not burn.
• Add lemon juice and bring to a boil, turn down heat to low.
• While the sauce is cooking, mix the bread crumbs and cheese together.
• Place fish in 9x13 baking pan skin side (if you got it with skin) down.
• Sprinkle the bread crumb mixture over the fillets.
• Drizzle with the garlic butter.
• Bake for approximately 15m on 350 degrees.
• Broil for an additional 5 minutes or until browned on top.