White Rice for Side Dish Recipe

It is have been a long time since I have been regularly preparing my food at home to bring it to work. If I am not wrong, it should be nearly fifteen years, including also  my college years and discounting the first two years in France, when I went to a very nice and cheap restaurant for lunch. When I cook for lunch,  I usually cook something as side dish with vegetables. That something can be white rice, tabouleh, wheat, smashed potatoes, or even more vegetables.

However, among all the possibilities, I chooose white rice very often. I have my basic recipe for white rice and I cook it almost every week. I think that this recipe has enough flavor to eat the rice alone. I also vary a litthe the recipe form time to time,  such as adding some saffron or thyme, or cooking it in vegetable or chicken stock.

White Rice for Side Dish Recipe

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Serves: 4 Time: 30 m Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

• 1 cup of rice
• 2 cups of water (optional chicken or vegetable )
• Olive oil
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 bay leaves
• Saffron and other herbs (optional)
• Salt

Directions

1. In a pan, heat a couple tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat.
2. Brown a little on it the whole garlic cloves, peeled and slightly crushed.
3. Stir in the rice and mix well with the oil.
4. Now add the water, bay leaves and salt to taste.
5. Cook the rice for 20 minutes on low heat or until the water is reduced and the rice is to your liking.
6. To finish, remove the bay leaves and garlic cloves, add a few drops of olive oil, stir it a bit and you have it ready.

Hints, Tips, and Tricks

• Use vegetable or chicken stock for cooking rice .
• Add other herbs that you like such as thyme or some saffron .
• You can perfectly accompany a chilindrón ^[1] chicken ^[1] or onion chicken ^[2], beef stew ^[3] , or braised pork ^[4].

 

Categories: guarnición ^[5] recipe ^[6]

Tags: arroz ^[7]