How To Make Easy Orange Rice
This easy orange rice recipe is a fresh twist on your rice. Bright orange juice, earthy celery, and fresh herbs are added to make this rice dish exciting and inviting.
Prep:
10 mins
Cook:
30 mins
Total:
40 mins
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- ½ cup celery with leaves, diced
- ¼ cup shallots, or onion, finely chopped
- 1¼ cups orange juice
- ⅔ cup water
- 2 tbsp orange zest, finely grated
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp fresh thyme leaves, or ⅛ tsp dried thyme
- 1 cup long-grain rice, uncooked
- parsley, or cilantro, chopped, for garnish, optional
Instructions
- In a heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add celery and shallots. Saute until shallot is tender, stirring frequently. Do not brown.
- Add the orange juice, water, orange zest, salt, and thyme. Bring to a boil and then slowly add the rice. Stir constantly. Cover.
- Lower heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes. Leave the cover on and let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 8g
- :
- Calcium: 42mg
- Calories: 295kcal
- Carbohydrates: 49g
- Cholesterol: 23mg
- Fat: 9g
- Fiber: 2g
- Iron: 1mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g
- Potassium: 301mg
- Protein: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 499IU
- Vitamin C: 45mg
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