Rice Pilaf

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Rice Pilaf. Pilaf can be served as a side-dish or main dish.

Ingredients

• 4 Tablespoons Butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup uncooked Orzo pasta or uncooked Vermicelli pasta broken into small pieces
• 2 cups Uncooked long grain Rice
• 4 cups boiling hot Chicken Broth
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Procedure

1. Melt butter or margarine in heavy deep pan or Dutch oven over medium heat.
2. Add Orzo pasta (or small broken pieces of Vermicelli pasta) and cook, stirring constantly until pasta is golden brown.
3. Add rice and stir until rice is well coated with butter. Allow rice to simmer in butter for a minute or two.
4. Add boiling Chicken broth and salt.
5. Lower heat to a simmer, cover pan and cook 25-minutes over low heat until liquid is absorbed.
6. Gently fluff with a fork. Let stand for 15 to 20 minutes before serving.

Makes 8 servings.