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Rice Pilaf with Tomato

Awaiting Trial Recipe version 1 · Filed by the Court (seed pool) · Adapted from 'Rice in pilaf (an oriental mixture)' — Farmers' Bulletin 771, 'Homemade Fireless Cookers and Their Use,' USDA, Feb. 1917 (public domain, U.S. federal work). Measures and oven temperatures modernized. Fireless-cooker finish (1 hour) converted to a covered stovetop simmer; naturally gluten-free as published. Distinct from Garlic Rice Pilaf already in the pool — this one is tomato-and-stock based with no garlic.

Rice simmered in stock with tomato, onion fried golden in butter, and a touch of sweet pepper. The bulletin calls it 'an oriental mixture' and warns, rightly, that pilaf is injured by overcooking.

Category: SidesServes: 4Time: 40 minComplexity: 2/5

Why this complexity: Rice is added gradually so the liquid keeps boiling.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup long-grain white rice, rinsed
  • 2 cups gluten-free chicken or vegetable stock
  • 6 ripe tomatoes, chopped, or 1 cup canned tomato juice
  • 2 tablespoons butter, divided
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 slices onion, finely chopped (about 1/4 cup)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon chopped green sweet pepper (optional)

Method

  1. Fry the onion in 1 tablespoon of the butter until yellow.
  2. Add the boiling tomato (juice and pulp, or the canned juice) and the boiling stock, and bring back to a full boil.
  3. Add the rice gradually so the boiling does not stop, along with the sugar, salt, pepper, and sweet pepper if using.
  4. Cover and cook at a bare simmer until the rice is just tender and the liquid absorbed, about 20 minutes. Do not overcook.
  5. Stir in the remaining tablespoon of butter with a fork and serve at once.

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