Fresh Orange Rice Food

ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, saute celery in butter until tender. Add the remaining ingredients; mix well. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until the rice is tender.

ORANGE-FLAVORED RICE

Steps:

• Place a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the olive oil and rice, and cook until the rice smells toasty, about 3 minutes. Add the chicken stock and half of the orange zest and juice. Bring to a boil, stir once more, then cover and reduce the heat to low. Simmer until tender and the liquid has been absorbed, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand, still covered, for 5 minutes. Stir the remaining orange zest and juice into the rice, and garnish with the green onions.

ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• Cook the rice according to the package directions using orange juice in place of the water.
• Remove from heat and stir in the orange zest, carrot and green onion.
• Serve.

CRANBERRY AND ORANGE WILD RICE

Steps:

• Put cranberries in a medium bowl and pour in enough hot tap water to cover. Set aside while you make the rice.
• In a medium pot over medium-high heat, add the water, orange juice, and butter, and bring to a boil. Stir in the rice, and the included contents of the seasoning packet, and return to a boil. Turn the heat to low, cover, and cook until the rice is tender, about 20 to 25 minutes. Drain the cranberries and add them to the rice along with the orange zest, and almonds. Gently stir them in, fluffing the rice. Transfer the rice to a serving bowl, cover and keep warm until ready to serve.

EASY ORANGE CHICKEN WITH RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees (farenheit).
• Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste over the chicken.
• Place the cut up chicken in a foil lined baking dish, skin side up.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes.
• In a medium saucepan combine the orange juice, butter and ginger, heat through.
• Spoon the orange sauce over the chicken and bake for 20 minutes longer or until the chicken is tender and no longer pink.
• Meanwhile, cook rice according to package directions.
• Serve the chicken and sauce with the rice.

ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a pan over medium heat. Add rice to the butter and saute until the rice becomes golden brown. Stir frequently to avoid becoming over brown.
• Add Orange Zest, dried fruit and stir for 2 minutes. This will allow the zest to give up it's oils.
• Add Chicken broth, Orange Juice, salt, pepper and mandarin oranges to the rice mixture. Let mixture come to a boil, then turn heat down to low.
• Allow mixture to cook uncovered until the liquid level reaches the top of the rice, then cover with a tight lid.
• Rice is ready to be used as a stuffing at this point. Stuff poultry loosely, as the rice will continue to swell as it finishes cooking.
• If dish is going to be used as a side dish, continue cooking for another 15 minutes, then turn off burner and allow to set until you are ready to serve.

OVEN BAKED ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the rice, celery, onion, butter, orange peel and salt together and pour into a buttered 1-quart casserole dish.
• In a saucepan, heat the orange juice and water together to boiling.
• Add the orange juice mixture to the casserole dish and stir.
• Cover and bake about 45 minutes or until the rice is fluffy and tender.
• Toss with a fork and sprinkle with chopped parsley or slivered almonds.

CRANBERRY ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• Bring orange juice to a boil on a large saucepan, remove from heat.
• Stir in rice, cranberries, almonds and parsley.
• Cover and let stand 10 minutes.
• Fluff rice with fork before serving.