How to Cook Yellow Rice

How to Cook Yellow Rice

Ingredients

    * 2 teaspoons butter or margarine
    * 1/4 to 1/2 cup finely diced onion
    * 2/3 cups long grain rice
    * 1 1/2 cups water
    * 1 1/2 teaspoon tumeric or 1/2 teaspoon saffron
    * 1 teaspoon salt

    * other spices or seasonings to taste, including chicken bouillon cubes, chicken stock in place of part of the water.

Steps

   1. Saute onions in the butter in a large deep skillet for which you have a good fitting lid. About 5 minutes at medium heat.
   2. Add remaining dry ingredients, and stir well.
   3. Pour in your water, (or chicken stock with water).
   4. Bring contents of skillet to boil, then cover.
   5. Turn down the heat on the burner to medium low, or low enough the contents will simmer without boiling over.
   6. Allow the contents to simmer for 15 minutes, or until the water is absorbed by the rice. Keep the lid closed during this step.

   7. Check to make sure the rice is tender. Because the proportion of water to rice may vary, and cooking time may vary due to differences in elevation, adjust recipe as needed.

Tips

    * Remember not to let the rice burn.
    * Remember not to put the fire on too high.
    * Instead tumeric, use a dash of saffron. It is what real yellow rice is made with but only use a little.
    * You can put all the ingredients in pot before it boils, turn down heat to a very low simmer and cover it once it starts to boil.
    * Doubling this recipe will work if the skillet is large enough to hold the finished rice.
    * This dish very popular in some Asian countries, Indonesian people often cook the yellow rice to celebrate special occasion like birthday, or ceremonial festive.

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