Ingredients
- 2 cups parboiled rice
- 4 cups of hot water
- 1 small onion finely diced
- 1 small carrot finely diced
- 1 celery stick finely diced
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tbsp vegetable base
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- In a wide bottom pot with a lid add your olive oil, onion, carrot and celery and sweat for 2 minutes
- Add the salt, pepper, thyme and bay leaf and stir it in
- Add the rice and cook for one minute stirring non-stop
- Add the vegetable base and stir in
- Add the hot water
- Stir everything together and bring to a boil
- Once boiling reduce the heat to a simmer and cover with the lid
- Simmer until the liquid is almost gone
- Remove from heat and let rest covered for 5 minutes
- Fluff with a fork and serve