Baked Rice Pilaf

A bit of curry and lots of veggies make this a great prep-ahead side dish. Add chopped rotisserie chicken for a one-dish meal.

Step: 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step: 2

Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook celery, sweet onion, and garlic until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.

Step: 3

Combine rice, green onions, raisins, curry powder, salt, saffron, and cayenne pepper in a 9x13-inch baking pan; stir well. Stir in the celery mixture and chicken stock. Cover pan tightly with aluminum foil.

Step: 4

Bake in the preheated oven until rice is tender, about 35 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes; fluff with a fork.

Per Serving: 282 calories; protein 4.6g; carbohydrates 51.3g; fat 6.9g; cholesterol 7.9mg; sodium 590.9mg.

One of most obvious way to choose a side dish is to look at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick more different. When you’re making pasta, go for a simple vegetable . Made steak? Go for more light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a good idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can make to cooking process . You don’t want to push more often your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be juggling four pans on the stovetop . But sometimes you can made a dish do double-duty .