Rice pilaf 💚
I grew up on Near East brand rice pilaf. Holy moly was that a treat. I assumed the whole world ate that stuff, it was always a personal favorite of mine. It's actually got relatively clean ingredients for a packaged food, but its simplicity is like an invitation to make it myself. I am not going for an exact match because I use quite a bit less sodium than most packaged foods and I'm all out of autolyzed yeast extract 😆, but I think this is a nice starting recipe so I'm jotting it down.
I have that ancient grain mix that cooks like white rice since it's parcooked, and that was perfect here. The toasted orzo brings flavor, texture, and an appealing variety to the dish.
📌 RECIPE (Instant Pot)
â…” cup white jasmine rice
â…“ cup parcooked ancient grain mix (could use more Jasmine or well-soaked whole grain rice)
â…“ cup orzo, toasted
1 tsp granulated onion
¾ tsp granulated garlic
1 tsp nutritional yeast
Scant â…› tsp turmeric (a pinch)
2 cups water
½ tsp sea salt, to taste
Add all ingredients except salt in the order listed to the instant pot, and cook on 'rice' setting (there's a rice button on mine that's the same as 'manual -> low pressure') 12 minutes + natural release (about 10 more minutes). Season to taste with salt.
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