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Recipe- Crispy And Delicious Garlic Butter Rice
By: Kratika Mon, 07 Mar 2022 4:35:34
Garlic butter rice is an easy to make and incredibly delicious side dish. The buttery, garlicky rice topped with crispy garlic is sure to be a winner in your house. Of all the rice recipes in the world, this one is our favorite. And if you love garlic, you're going to love this recipe, too. There's so much delicious garlic buttery flavor going on here that you may even be tempted to eat this and call it dinner. (Some veggies and protein will certainly round things out, but we're not judging if garlic butter rice is your meal.
Ingredients
10 cloves garlic
3 tablespoons butter
1 ½ cups basmati rice
2 ¼ cups broth or water
½ teaspoon EACH: salt and pepper
Sliced green onions, to serve
Method
* Cut half of the garlic cloves into thin slices. Mince the other half of the garlic.
* Melt the butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Add the sliced garlic and let it cook for 3-4 minutes, until it's golden. Reduce the heat if the butter begins to brown. Using a slotted spoon, remove the garlic from the pot.
* Add the minced garlic to the pot and let it cook for 1 minute. Add the basmati rice, broth, salt, and pepper and stir the pot. Bring the pot to a boil then reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and let it cook for 12 minutes.
* Remove the pot from the heat and let it rest, covered, for 10 minutes.
* Fluff the rice with a fork then serve topped with the cooked sliced garlic and some green onions.