Rice Pilaf With Meat Recipes

BEEF PLOV (BEEF RICE PILAF) RECIPE

Steps:

• Trim beef of excess fat and sinews (aka the chewy stuff), pat the meat dry with a paper towel and chop into 1/2" to 3/4" pieces.
• Preheat your dutch oven (or your large soup pot with a heavy bottom), to high heat. Once it's hot, stir in your 1/3 cup canola oil. Once oil is hot, add chopped meat and saute uncovered 7 min over high heat until meat is browned, stirring every minute or so so it doesn't scorch to the bottom of the pan. Note: it's important to preheat the dutch oven first for the meat to sear over very high heat, otherwise it will juice out and become dry.
• Reduce heat to medium and Add chopped onion, stirring often until onion is softened (5 minutes). Stir in sliced carrots, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp paprika, 1 tsp cumin, 3-4 bay leaves and continue to cook over medium heat 5 minutes until carrots are softened.
• Add 1 3/4 cups hot water, cover and simmer over medium/low heat 45 min or until meat is tender.
• Meanwhile, rinse rice until water runs clear, then drain and set aside (this gets rid of the starch so you won't end up with a sticky rice).
• Spread rice over the meat and add 4 cups hot water. Sprinkle the rice with 1 1/2 tsp salt (DO NOT STIR), bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and Let cook uncovered until most of the water is absorbed (10 min).
• Cut off the base of your whole garlic head to expose the cloves. Put your head of garlic, cut side down into the center of the rice and sprinkle the top of the rice with 1 tsp ground coriander.
• Poke 7-10 holes through the rice to allow steam to escape to the surface, reduce the heat to low then cover and cook an additional 15 minutes or until rice is cooked through. Remove the garlic head and bay leaves and stir everything gently to combine and you're done.

PILAF WITH MEAT

Steps:

• Place 1 tablespoon butter or oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Crumble meat and add it to pan, along with a large pinch of salt; cook, stirring occasionally to break up lumps, until meat loses its color. Remove with a slotted spoon.
• Add remaining butter or oil to skillet, followed by onion and a little more salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion turns translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add bay leaves and rice, and cook, stirring occasionally, until rice is glossy and begins to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Return meat to pan, stir mixture and sprinkle with salt, pepper and cinnamon.
• Add stock and stir. Raise heat, and bring mixture to a boil; cook for a minute or two, then reduce heat to low, and cover. Cook about 15 minutes, or until most of the liquid is absorbed. Turn heat to absolute minimum, and cook another 15 to 30 minutes; if you have an electric stove, turn heat off and let pan sit on burner for same amount of time. Stir in parsley and lemon juice, and serve.

RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan and cook onion over medium heat until golden. Stir in rice and cook for 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in chicken stock and bring to a boil. Cover and turn heat down to low. Simmer gently for 20 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork and stir in parsley.

RICE PILAF WITH MEAT

Steps:

• 1. Lightly brown the blanced slivered almond or pine nuts in the 2 tbsp butter, on medium, until golden. Don't leave these unattended as they burn easily.
• 2. In separate pan, brown meat in 1/4 cup butter.
• 3. Add the salt & all spices. Stir for 2 minutes.
• 4. Add the hot water.
• 5. Bring to a boil, then down to a simmer.
• 6. Cover & simmer over low for about 25 minutes or until water is abosorbed & rice is tender.
• 7. Add the toasted pinenuts reserving a small amount for garnish.

RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion in butter about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender.
• Stir in rice. Cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in broth and salt.
• Heat to boiling, stirring once or twice; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 16 minutes (do not lift cover or stir); remove from heat. Let stand covered 5 minutes.