Oven Baked Orange Rice

Oven Baked Orange Rice

piątek, 31 stycznia 2014

Oven Baked Orange Rice

Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup regular long grain rice
• 2/3 cup celery, chopped
• 2 tablespoons onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon orange rind, grated
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup minute maid orange juice
• 1 1/4 cups water
• chopped parsley (optional)
• slivered almonds (optional)

Directions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 Mix the rice, celery, onion, butter, orange peel and salt together and pour into a buttered 1-quart casserole dish.
• 3 In a saucepan, heat the orange juice and water together to boiling.
• 4 Add the orange juice mixture to the casserole dish and stir.
• 5 Cover and bake about 45 minutes or until the rice is fluffy and tender.
• 6 Toss with a fork and sprinkle with chopped parsley or slivered almonds.