Simple Orange Rice Recipes

ORANGE-FLAVORED RICE

Steps:

• Place a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the olive oil and rice, and cook until the rice smells toasty, about 3 minutes. Add the chicken stock and half of the orange zest and juice. Bring to a boil, stir once more, then cover and reduce the heat to low. Simmer until tender and the liquid has been absorbed, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand, still covered, for 5 minutes. Stir the remaining orange zest and juice into the rice, and garnish with the green onions.

SIMPLE ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• 1. Melt butter in deep saucepan.
• 2. Add celery and onion; cook until onion is tender, but not brown.
• 3. Stir in orange rind and juice; bring to a boil.
• 4. Add cooked rice, salt and thyme; mix just enough to moisten all the rice.
• 5. Remove from heat; cover and let stand several minutes.
• 6. Fluff with fork before spooning into center of crown roast of pork, or serve with baked ham or Hawaiian-style chicken.

EASY ORANGE CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Slice chicken breast into cubes.
• In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients. Add chicken and stir to coat.
• Let marinate at least 1 hour.
• In a pan, heat oil on medium-high heat. Remove chicken from marinade with a slotted spoon, and cook all sides until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add sauce ingredients to pan and bring to a boil, mixing continuously, until mixture thickens, about 5 minutes.
• Serve over rice if desired.
• Enjoy!

FRESH ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• Remove the zest from the orange and measure out up to 2 tablespoons, if desired. Mince and set aside.
• To garner the maximum amount of juice from your oranges, with a sharp knife pierce the oranges about 5-6 times and microwave for 30 seconds.
• Juice the orange and measure out 3/4 cup; more or less according to your preference. You may need to juice another orange if two oranges don't yield enough juice. Remember that for 2 cups of rice you will need 4 cups of liquid (water/orange juice) in whatever ratio you choose.
• Place the rice in a pan along with the water, salt and orange juice. NOTE: *Important to stir in the orange zest at the end of the cooking time. DO NOT add the zest in with the rice while it is cooking or the rice will turn bitter.
• Cover pan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer about 20-25 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
• Remove pan from stove; fluff rice with a fork and stir in the zest. Let stand covered for a few minutes then serve.
• Garnish with orange slices if desired.

ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• Cook the rice according to the package directions using orange juice in place of the water.
• Remove from heat and stir in the orange zest, carrot and green onion.
• Serve.

ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, saute celery in butter until tender. Add the remaining ingredients; mix well. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until the rice is tender.

ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix rice, orange peel and nutmeg in ungreased 3-quart casserole. Stir in carrots and broth.
• Cover and bake 30 to 35 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Sprinkle with orange juice. Add parsley; toss until well mixed. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

EASY ORANGE CHICKEN WITH RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees (farenheit).
• Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste over the chicken.
• Place the cut up chicken in a foil lined baking dish, skin side up.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes.
• In a medium saucepan combine the orange juice, butter and ginger, heat through.
• Spoon the orange sauce over the chicken and bake for 20 minutes longer or until the chicken is tender and no longer pink.
• Meanwhile, cook rice according to package directions.
• Serve the chicken and sauce with the rice.

ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a pan over medium heat. Add rice to the butter and saute until the rice becomes golden brown. Stir frequently to avoid becoming over brown.
• Add Orange Zest, dried fruit and stir for 2 minutes. This will allow the zest to give up it's oils.
• Add Chicken broth, Orange Juice, salt, pepper and mandarin oranges to the rice mixture. Let mixture come to a boil, then turn heat down to low.
• Allow mixture to cook uncovered until the liquid level reaches the top of the rice, then cover with a tight lid.
• Rice is ready to be used as a stuffing at this point. Stuff poultry loosely, as the rice will continue to swell as it finishes cooking.
• If dish is going to be used as a side dish, continue cooking for another 15 minutes, then turn off burner and allow to set until you are ready to serve.

ORANGE RICE - RICE COOKER

Steps:

• Place 2 cups of rice into your rice cooker - using the cup provided.
• Fill up with water to the 2 cup level in the rice cooker.
• Add the saffron, onion, salt, pepper & butter to the rice & water.
• Stir gently mixing it all together.
• Turn the rice cooker on to the Cook cycle.
• (This can be kept warm when the cooking cycle has finished for up to 2 hours.).
• When ready to serve, fluff and serve.

ORANGE RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. saucepan, saute celery, onion and orange zest in butter until tender but not brown. Add salt. Combine orange juice and water; add to celery mixture. Bring to a boil. Stir in the rice. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork.