Homemade Rice a Roni

Wednesday night dinner plan was creamy orzo with mustard chicken and steamed veggies. I could not resist deviating a bit. The main ingredients were the same but final results were something totally new. I served homemade rice a roni with foil packet veggie and chicken bake.

Ingredients

1 cup – rice

1 cup – orzo

1 tbsp – chicken bullion

1/2 tsp – seasoning salt

1 tbsp – butter

3 cups water

Method

1. Add the orzo and rice to a pan with the butter and toast lightly.
2. Next add the water, seasoning salt and bullion .
3. Stir well and bring it to a boil.
4. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 – 12 min or till rice is cooked.
5. Stir in fresh chopped herbs if desired and serve hot.

Notes:

Any white rice can be used and one needs to know the water quantity required to cook the rice. I had used Basmati rice and I usually put 1 1/2 cups of water for every cup of rice. Old Sona Masoori usually take about 2 cups of water for every cup of rice. Long grain white rice and jasmine rice also take about 1 1/2 cups of water per cup of rice.
Rice a roni is a favorite in our house and this was my first attempt at making it from scratch rather than using the prepackaged product. It turned out pretty good and I will be experimenting adding other flavors to it. One of Aditya’s favorites is the broccoli cheese flavor.