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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Donna's Rice Pilaf: It Took Years to Get This Right

My sister-in-law, Donna, makes this rice pilaf all the time. My wife, Carol, and I, have tried to make it over the years, but never got it right.

We never had the recipe either.

We didn't even have the right dish to cook it in.

This time, we decided to figure it out.

We called Donna, while on the way to the supermarket, and she dictated her recipe from memory to us over the phone.

I wrote it down this little piece of paper.

Document - Mar 19, 2013
Image: Recipe

It's really simple, but everything has to come together to make it right.

Donna's Rice Pilaf
3 cups water
4 bullion cubes (chicken or beef)
1 stick butter
1 cup Uncle Ben's original rice
1 handful of thin egg noodles
1 casserole dish

Melt one stick of butter in a large frying pan over medium heat.

Handful of Egg Noodles
Image: Handful of thin Egg Noodles

We used thick noodles instead of thin. ;-)

Add the handful of noodles and 1 cup Uncle Ben's original rice to the pan.

Brown the Rice and Noodles
Image: Brown the Rice and Noodles ( 5 minutes )

Boil 3 cups water, 4 bullion cubes
Image: Boil 3 cups water, 4 bullion cubes

Untitled
Image: This is the casserole dish

Browned rice and noodles
Image: Browned rice and noodles

Add noodles to casserole
Image: Add noodles and rice to casserole dish

Pour in broth
Image: Pour in broth

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Ready to bake at 350 for 45 minutes
Image: Ready to bake, covered, at 350 for 45 minutes

Done
Image: Done