Assyrian Baked Rice
Recipe: #18655
April 27, 2015
Categories: Side Dishes, Rice, White Rice, Middle Eastern, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Sunday Dinner, Oven Bake, Gluten-Free, No Eggs Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, more
"It has alot of salt, they brine the rice overnight"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (155.2 g)
- Calories 529.1
- Total Fat - 28.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 15.6 g
- Cholesterol - 60.7 mg
- Sodium - 5903.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 53.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9.2 g
- Sugars - 7.9 g
- Protein - 16.7 g
- Calcium - 135.9 mg
- Iron - 3.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cover rice with cold water and salt. Soak overnight.
Step 2
Boil 3 quarts of cold water.
Step 3
Drain soaked rice and add to fast boiling water.
Step 4
Boil for approximately 5 to 7 minutes, or until one kernel of rice tastes half-cooked, but not soft.
Step 5
Pour rice into colander and rinse with cold water.
Step 6
Preheat oven to 325°.
Step 7
Use some of the butter for bottom of roasting pan with cover.
Step 8
Pour rice over butter. Add remaining butter. Cover,
Step 9
Bake 3/4 hour, shaking roasting pan twice during baking to mix butter with rice.
Step 10
Serves 4.
Tips
No special items needed.