Yield: 4

Daring Gourmet

Do you like the taste of boxed Rice-a-Roni but have been looking for an alternative with fewer chemicals? You’re going to love this homemade Rice a Roni recipe!
Prep: 5 Cook: 20

• 1cup brown or white long-grain rice
• ½cup broken up capellini, vermicelli or thin spaghetti
• 2TBS extra virgin olive oil
• 2TBS butter
• 1small yellow onion, finely chopped
• 3-4TBS chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
• 3cups chicken broth (can also use beef broth or vegetable broth)
• 1tsp salt
• ½tsp dried rosemary
• ½tsp dried thyme
• 1TBS chopped fresh parsley
• salt and pepper to taste

Heat the oil and butter in a skillet over medium-high heat.

Add the rice, pasta and nuts and sauté, stirring frequently, until roughly half of the rice and pasta is browned.

Add the onion and cook for another two minutes.

Add the chicken broth, salt and herbs and stir to combine.

Bring it to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and cook as you would normally cook rice, about 15-20 minutes for white rice (longer if using brown rice) or until the rice is done.

Fluff with a fork and serve immediately.