lebanese-restaurant-rice-pilaf

🥘 Ingredients

• parboiled long-grain white rice 3 cups
• butter ¼ cup
• olive oil 2 tablespoons
• orzo pasta ½ cup
• water 4 cups
• salt 1 tablespoon
• olive oil 2 tablespoons
• slivered almonds 1 tablespoon
• butter ¼ cup
• tahini 1 tablespoon

1. 1

   Fill a large bowl with water. Add parboiled long-grain white rice and let soak for 10 minutes; drain and rinse until water runs clear.
2. 2

   Heat butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir orzo pasta in hot butter-oil mixture until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
3. 3

   Add drained rice and increase heat to medium-high. Cook and stir orzo-rice mixture until rice is coated in butter-oil mixture and starts to turn translucent, about 5 minutes.
4. 4

   Pour water over rice mixture and add salt ; stir and bring to a boil. Cover the skillet, reduce heat to low, and simmer until rice is fluffy and tender yet firm, about 20 minutes .
5. 5

   Meanwhile, heat remaining olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat; cook and stir slivered almonds until toasted and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
6. 6

   Stir in remaining butter and tahini until almonds are evenly coated.
7. 7

   Mix almond mixture into rice mixture.