Garlic Rice
I wanted to serve rice with the Indonesian Pork Tenderloin and Indonesian Cucumber Salad that I served for dinner but I didn’t want it to be plain rice. I found a recipe on Life’s Ambrosia that sounded perfect. We all love garlic in my house so this rice would go over well with all of us and I thought it would pair nicely with the rest of the meal. It was super simple to make and tasted fantastic and I honestly don’t think I will be making plain rice again.
How to Make Garlic Rice
Heat the butter and olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the minced garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Add the rice and cook, stirring often so the rice doesn’t stick to the pan, for 3-4 minutes.
Add the chicken broth and season with sea salt and white pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and let cook for 20 minutes.
Remove the rice from the burner without removing the lid and let it sit for 5 minutes.
Carefully remove the lid and fluff the rice with a fork. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve. Enjoy.
Equipment
- Large Saucepan with Lid
Ingredients
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- ¾ cup uncooked jasmine or basmati rice, rinsed if desired
- 1 ½ cups chicken or vegetable broth **Check your rice instructions to be sure about rice/liquid amounts
- Sea salt and white pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Heat the butter and olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the minced garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
- Add the rice and cook, stirring often so the rice doesn't stick to the pan, for 3-4 minutes. Add the broth and season with sea salt and white pepper, to taste.
- Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and let cook for 20 minutes. Side Note: DON'T REMOVE THE LID AT ALL DURING COOKING OR RESTING TIME!
- Remove the rice from the burner without removing the lid and let it sit for 5 minutes.
- Carefully remove the lid and fluff the rice with a fork. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve. Enjoy.
Sounds like you took plain rice and turned it into something magical!
This sounds so amazing. I rarely make rice, but just recently I made a huge pot of white rice and covered it in butter, salt and pepper to serve alongside fried turkey cutlets and roasted brussel sprouts….OMG. It was delicious. I am SURE adding garlic and fresh parsley would make it THAT much better.
Definitely trying this tonight!!! Thanks!!!
that looks great and very easy to make!
Love rice and love garlic. Putting them together = delicious 🙂
I stumbled across this recipe a while ago and we love it. I prepare rice like this pretty much almost every time I make it. It’s so flavorful!
We all love rice here and this looks delicious!
Love this easy recipe … it’s amazing what doing a little thing like starting the rice with garlic and olive oil can do! I love to add some freshly grated Parmesan cheese to this rice sometimes (when I’m serving a lemon roasted chicken) – gives it a nice Italian feel.
Great recipe share, Pam!
My rice always comes out sticky and clumped together? You’re rice looks great and sounds tasty!
Use basmati rice and a little bit less water. With the handle of a wooden spoon give the cooked rice a good stir.
I do something similar in my rice cooker. I just put some minced garlic in first, then the rice and water.
Oh, I could do this in the rice cooker! Thanks.
We never have ‘plain’ rice, I always put in herbs and spices but for some unknown reason I have not tried garlic rice. Thanks for the idea. Take care Diane
Converted white rice is the best starch for your blood sugar, because it metabolizes slowly and evenly, and this looks like a great way to dress it up without adding lots of calories!
So easy and delicious! Great idea to use garlic.
I love this Pam, I love garlic!!
We love rice and garlic in our house. I think that this would go over well in our house.
I’m intrigued!
We love garlic too. The rice must be wonderful.
I love garlic rice! They go so well with lamb and beef. I love your addition of white pepper and olive oil. Yummy!
We’re huge garlic lovers too so I’m sure this would be a hit at our house as well!
I love finding new ways to spruce up rice and garlic is such a simple delicious way! Yum!
I’m not a fan of plain rice and I put garlic in almost everything else, so I can’t believe I never thought of this. Shame on me.
Both Tom and I would LOVE this!
My son-in-law one day had suggested that I should try to make garlic rice. I have never heard of garlic rice. I did my research to find a good receipt. I made your garlic rice and it was to die for. Kudos to you!!!
Christina,
I am so glad you liked it!
-Pam
I love this recipe, would love to try with brown jasmine rice
Tamara,
I bet it would be delicious with brown jasmine rice–it would just need to cook longer, per the package instructions.
-Pam
This was delicious, I only put 4 stars because it doesn’t actually resemble the rice I had in Jakarta, which was much stickier, but this is still a very good way to make rice more interesting
Tried again with a rice cooker, skipping the oil and butter, definitely a bit closer, still not sticky though
Adam,
I’m glad it’s closer to what you where hoping for this time around. Thanks for letting me know.
-Pam