Recipe and source notes

Lemon Rice

10 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sliced celery
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • ¼ cup + 2 tbsp butter or margarine, melted and divided
  • 2½ cups water
  • 2 tsp grated lemon rind
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • ¼ tsp dried whole thyme
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ⅛ tsp pepper
  • 1¼ cups uncooked long-grain rice
  • ¾ lb fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced

Make it step by step

  1. Sauté sliced celery and chopped onion in 3 tbsp melted butter in a large skillet.
  2. Stir in water, lemon rind, lemon juice, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring mixture to a boil.
  3. Add rice; Cover, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
  4. Sauté mushrooms in remaining 3 tbsp butter in a small skillet until tender. Drain.
  5. Add mushrooms to rice mixture; stir well.

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