Cranberry and Almond Rice Pilaf

Description

I’ve been making this dish for years – it’s different from typical rice pilaf dishes in that the cranberries add the sweetness and the tartness that you don’t expect in a savory dish. Oh, and it’s super hard to fumble.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ¾ cup chopped onions
  • ½ cup dried cranberries
  • 1 ½ cups uncooked jasmine rice
  • 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 green onions, chopped (Optional)
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • ¼ cup slivered almonds

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until tender and translucent
  2. about 5 minutes.
  3. Stir cranberries and jasmine rice into onion until rice is coated with oil and rice is lightly toasted
  4. about 5 minutes more.
  5. Pour chicken broth into skillet and season with kosher salt and black pepper.
  6. Bring rice mixture to a boil over high heat
  7. then cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed
  8. about 22 minutes.
  9. Remove skillet from heat; stir green onions
  10. cilantro
  11. and almonds into rice mixture. Adjust seasoning if necessary.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 8

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