ARMENIAN PILAF - 1

The basic (no nonsense) Armenian recipe!

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INGREDIENTS:
• 1 cup Basmati, Mahatmaฎ, or other quality long grain rice
• 1/2 cup vermicelli crumbled into 1 inch long pieces
• 1/2 cube butter
• 1 1/2 cups Swanson'sฎ chicken broth
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

PREPARATION:
• Add vermicelli and butter in a deep, covered pan suitable for cooking rice. Heat until the vermicelli is golden brown. Add rice, chicken broth and water and mix well. Bring to a boil and then lower heat and simmer for 25 minutes until rice is cooked. Turn heat off and let sit a few minutes. Stir the pilaf and serve.

* Rice pilaf should not be gummy or salty. It is a very subtle side dish, and is a compliment to poultry, fish, lamb and veal.

* Some interesting variations to the basic recipe above would be the addition of pine nuts and minced dry apricots, or sauteing 1/4 cup of minced yellow onions or scallions in the butter just after browning off the vermicelli.

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