American•budget
Saffron Basmati Rice
Servings: 4-6 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups Basmati Rice
- 3 ½ cups Broth (chicken or vegetable)
- 1 pinch Saffron threads soaked in 2T hot water for 10 minutes
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 T olive oil
- ½ cup diced onions
Instructions
- 1
Wash and drain the rice. In 4-qt pot, heat with olive oil over medium heat. When oil is shimmering, add onions and fry for 3 minutes, until softened and light brown. Stir in rice, broth, saffron + soaking water and salt. Bring to a boil over high heat.
- 2
Once it starts boiling, immediately cover and turn to low heat.
- 3
Let the rice cook on low heat, undisturbed (no peeking!) for 20 minutes. Turn off heat. Let sit for another 5 minutes covered to finish steaming. Use a fork to fluff up the rice.