Green Rice - The Frugal Gourmet
Recipe: #25766
March 12, 2017
Categories: Side Dishes, Rice, White Rice, Italian, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Italian Dinner, more
"I love this recipe and its so easy. From " The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine". The recipe calls for short grain rice but I have used long grain with success. The recipe is slightly altered to make the directions easier. According to Jeff Smith, this rice is an Italian dish."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (123.4 g)
- Calories 336.7
- Total Fat - 9.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.3 g
- Cholesterol - 49.9 mg
- Sodium - 640.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 54.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.6 g
- Sugars - 0.7 g
- Protein - 7.9 g
- Calcium - 33.2 mg
- Iron - 4.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 17.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Choose a 2 quart heavy saucepan with a tight fitting lid.
Step 2
Heat the pan over medium/high and add the oil and 2 tablespoons of butter- add the onions, parsley and spinach- cover and cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
Step 3
Mix in the rice and stir until translucent.
Step 4
Add 2 cups of the hot chicken stock, salt and pepper - cover and cook over low heat for a minute then add the remaining chicken stock, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
Step 5
Remove from the heat and let sit 10 minutes - then mix in the remaining butter with a fork.
Step 6
Garnish with grated cheese topping.
Tips
No special items needed.