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Baked Rice Pilaf

You can make this baked rice pilaf packed with vegetables, curry, and saffron ahead of time as a memorable and flavorful side dish.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 minute
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Dinner, Side Dish
Cuisine: Moroccan
Calories: 282
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 4 stalks celery, chopped
  • 0.5 large sweet onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 2 cups uncooked jasmine rice
  • 4 green onions, chopped
  • 0.5 cup golden raisins
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 12 saffron threads, or to taste
  • 4 dashes cayenne pepper, or to taste
  • 3 cups chicken stock

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook celery, sweet onion, and garlic until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
  3. Combine rice, green onions, raisins, curry powder, salt, saffron, and cayenne pepper in a 9×13-inch baking pan; stir well. Stir in the celery mixture and chicken stock. Cover pan tightly with aluminum foil.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until rice is tender, about 35 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes; fluff with a fork.

Nutrition

Calories: 282kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 5gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 591mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7g

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