Rice Pilaf

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
From Scratch: 10 Meals, 175 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over

By Michael Ruhlman

Published 2019

  • About

This great, easy side dish was one of the first my class learned in the first kitchen at the Culinary Institute of America. It’s that basic, and yet I don’t know many people who use it anymore. Maybe we stopped when companies started making it for us, sold in boxes with packets of seasonings.

It’s an infinitely variable and foolproof method. Cook aromatics in a flavorful fat, add rice and flavorful liquid, bring to a simmer, cover, and put in a hot oven for 20 minutes. Perfect every