Best Rice Pilaf

By jeknudson

Ingredients

• 1 cup organic basmati rice or jasmine rice, I used Lundberg Organic Jasmine Rice
• 2 cups homemade chicken or vegetable stock
• 2 tbsp grass fed butter
• 1 small sweet onion, finely chopped
• 2 cups thinly sliced carrots (I used my food processor to get them super thin)
• 1 /4 tsp unrefined sea salt
• 1 /3 cup chopped celery leaves
• 1 /2 tsp dried thyme

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat a large skillet that has a lid over medium heat.Add butter, onions, carrots and celery leaves and sauté for 4 minutes or until the onions start to get soft.Push the onion mixture to the side of the pan and add rice and sauté stirring frequently until the rice starts to turn a little brown, about 3 minutes.Add stock, salt and thyme to the hot pan, stir and bring to a boil.Once you have reached a boil, turn down to a slight simmer and place the lid on and simmer for 15 minutes.After 15 minutes remove rice from heat and let sit for 10 more minutes.Remove lid and fluff with fork. Serve immediately