Famous Butter Rice

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My Famous Butter Rice is seriously the best! Add a few simple ingredients to make the most buttery, delicious rice you’ve ever had!

 

Butter Rice Recipe

So, here lies the recipe that a lot of you have been asking about on social media {mostly Instagram}! It’s time for my famous butter rice recipe! This recipe is always a hit because the secret is butter, folks you can’t go wrong with that. Perfect as a side dish to meaty meals like Steak on the Stove or Baked Chicken Legs. Enjoy!

Main Ingredients Needed

You’re only 6 ingredients and 30 easy peasy minutes away from my Famous Butter Rice! Here’s what you’ll need:

• Butter – hello, this is called butter rice, is it not? Mainly for flavor and sauteing.
• Yellow Onion – this is to add delicious oniony flavor. It’s subtle and blends into the rice.
• Long Grain White Rice – this is what I used but feel free to use brown rice, just note that the taste. texture and cooking time will vary.
• Good Quality Chicken Stock – I like the stocks in a box, but the bouillon pastes and powdered cubes work great too! You just have to be careful about the sodium levels. Taste as you go and don’t add too much salt.
• Salt and Pepper – like mentioned above, to taste.
• Bay Leaves – these are used for flavor and are taken out right before serving.

Love rice? Try making rice a full meal with these recipes: Broccoli Cheese Rice Casserole, Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup, Baked Pesto Chicken & Rice Casserole, and Salsa Verde Chicken & Rice Skillet.

How to Make Butter Rice

1. Melt butter over medium heat in a large saucepan. Add in onion and saute gently for 5-6 minutes. Stir in rice grains to coat in butter.
2. Pour in remaining ingredients. Cover, bring to boil, then reduce heat to low and cook 5 minutes less than what is listed on rice package directions {should be about 15 minutes.}
3. Turn heat off rice, but keep on a hot burner for 10 minutes to steam and prevent scorching. Fluff rice with a fork, remove bay leaves and serve as desired. Top with dried parsley flakes {optional}.

Leftovers

If you are using white rice this Butter Rice Recipe can stay good for up to 6 days in the fridge and up to 6 months in the freezer.

Alternatively, if you are using brown rice for this recipe, it will last up to 5 days in the fridge and 2 months in the freezer.

Either way, make sure you are staying safe by keeping a watchful eye on your rice. If your rice is hard, smelly, moldy, and/or oily (more than just the butter), throw it out!

More Rice Recipes to Try!

• Cilantro Lime Rice
• Make-Ahead Brown Rice for the Freezer
• Easy Fried Rice Recipe
• Wild Rice Stuffing Recipe with Bacon
• Taco Rice

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Butter Rice

Katie Cooksey

My Famous Butter Rice is seriously the best! Add a few simple ingredients to make the most buttery, delicious rice you've ever had!

4.66 from 58 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 4 servings

Calories 459 kcal

Ingredients

 

US CustomaryMetric

 

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• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/2 medium yellow onion finely diced
• 1 1/2 cups long grain white rice
• 3 cups good quality chicken stock* or vegetable broth
• salt & pepper to taste
• 2-3 bay leaves

Instructions

 

• Melt butter over medium heat in large saucepan. Add in onion and saute gently for 5-6 minutes. Stir in rice grains to coat in butter.
• Pour in remaining ingredients. Cover, bring to boil, then reduce heat to low and cook 5 minutes less than what is listed on rice package directions {should be about 15 minutes.}
• Turn heat off rice, but keep on the hot burner for 10 minutes to steam and prevent scorching. Fluff rice with a fork, remove bay leaves, and serve as desired. Top with dried parsley flakes {optional}.

Notes

*I like the stocks in a box, but the bouillon pastes and powdered cubes work great too! You just have to be careful about the sodium levels. Taste as you go and don’t add too much salt.

Nutrition

Calories: 459kcalCarbohydrates: 63gProtein: 9gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 396mgPotassium: 288mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 475IUVitamin C: 1.4mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 0.9mg

Keyword Butter Rice, Butter Rice Recipe, Stick of Butter Rice

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