Savory Vegetable Rice Pilaf Recipes

15 MINUTE SAVORY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Jazz up your table in just minutes with this 15 Minute Savory Rice Pilaf. Made with onions, mushrooms, peas and fluffy Minute® Instant Premium White Rice, it's an easy side that's packed with flavor. Add your favorite herbs to give it a personal touch! Step 1
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Sauté onions for 3-5 minutes, or until tender. Step 2
• Add broth, mushrooms and peas; Stir. Bring to a boil. Step 3
• Stir in white rice and cover. Remove from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Recipe Tips To add more whole grains to the dish, swap in brown rice for the white. Simply prepare as noted above, when stirring in the uncooked brown rice, simmer for 10 minutes before covering and removing from heat. Be sure to let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Season as desired with your favorite chopped fresh herbs.

AWESOME RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir carrots, celery, red bell pepper, onion, and garlic until the vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Gently stir rice, corn, and peas into vegetables to combine. Pour chicken broth, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce into rice mixture. Season with lemon pepper, parsley, thyme, saffron, salt, and black pepper, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let pilaf stand covered until grains are separate, 10 to 15 more minutes.

SAVORY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small skillet, saute celery in butter for 2 minutes. Add the walnuts, onions, water chestnuts if desired and seasonings; saute 2 minutes longer. Stir into the rice.

VEGETARIAN RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a large nonstick pan, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add onion, carrot, and mushroom and sauté until onion is translucent and carrots and mushrooms have softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in peas. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Stir in rice to coat with oil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until rice is fragrant and toasted, about 5 minutes.
• Pour in vegetable broth, add more salt to taste (I used ½ teaspoon), increase heat to medium-high and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until rice is tender and absorbed all liquid, about 16-18 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat and let sit covered for about 7-10 minutes.
• Remove lid and fluff rice using a fork.
• Stir in raisins and almonds.
• Optional: garnish with chopped parsley.

SAVORY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. add celery and onion and cook over medium heat until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Add rice and stir to coat. Cook 1-2 minutes, to slightly toast the rice (it will probably not color). Pour in broth, along with a pinch of salt and pepper.
• Cover and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and let cook another 15 minutes or so, until all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is tender. Fluff rice with a fork and fold in cooked squash and spinach. Garnish with almonds just before serving.

SAVORY HERB RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the water, butter and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Add remaining ingredients. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for about 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.

SAVORY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a large saucepan add butter and onion.
• Saute together until tender.
• Add chicken broth,mushrooms and peas.
• Stir and bring to a boil.
• Stir in Minute made rice, cover pan and remove from heat. Let Stand 5 minutes
• Stir with fork and serve.

PIONEER WOMAN RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add the onion, celery and carrots and saute until they start to soften, about 4 minutes.
• Add the wine (or broth), stir and cook until the liquid has reduced by about half.
• Add the bay leaf, the rice, the broth and salt and pepper to taste.
• Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot and let the rice simmer for 18-20 minutes, until the liquid has absorbed and the rice is perfectly cooked.
• Turn off the heat and with a fork, lightly fluff the rice. Remove the bay leaf.
• Sprinkle with minced fresh parsley, if desired, and serve.

RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Place the broth, carrots, celery, mushrooms, and onion in oven proof casserole.
• Cover and cook in microwave approximately 4 to 5 minutes to bring mixture to a boil.
• Add rice and stir until well mixed.
• Cover and place in preheated oven for approximately 25 to 30 minutes.
• Stir rice once about half way through cooking.
• Watch carefully to avoid overcooking. I like my rice al dente, especially if I have leftovers to repeat the next day.

SAVORY VEGETABLE RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Cook mushrooms, onion and butter till done. Add chicken broth and rice. Cook according to rice pkg. Remove from heat and add peas and parsley. season to tast and add cheese.