Garlic Butter Rice is a delicious and easy side dish – it’s the perfect way to flavor plain rice with tons of buttery garlic and spices. If you’re bored of regular rice, this recipe is for you.
We have rice as a side dish at least once a week and, to be honest, plain rice is kind of boring if you’re serving it without something that has sauce, like grilled chicken. That’s why we love to infuse our rice with tons of flavor by adding lots of butter, garlic, and spices.
The secret ingredients to making flavorful rice is the seasoning – and cooking your rice in chicken stock instead of water!
How to make Garlic Butter Rice
- It’s important to plan ahead when making rice from scratch – it needs time to cook.
- You can make garlic rice the traditional way, with a pot and a lid, but you can also do it in an instant pot.
- You can use long grain white rice, jasmine rice, basmati rice, or cal rose rice – whatever you prefer.
- Cooking the rice in chicken broth (or vegetable broth) adds flavor right into the grains making it super flavorful.
- The ratio of rice to liquid is about 1.5:1, that is one and a half cups stock to one cup rice.
- You can use salted butter or unsalted butter. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and saute the garlic just until fragrant before you add the rice and broth.
- Garnish with fresh parsley, cilantro, or green onion slices or even top with grated parmesan cheese.
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Garlic Butter Rice Recipe
Garlic Butter Rice is the best way to make homemade rice – the perfect side dish with tons of garlic flavor.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup 181g long grain rice
- 1 ½ cups water or chicken stock
Instructions
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.
- Add salt, rice, and water or stock. Stir and bring to a boil. Lower heat to a simmer, cover, and cook approximately 15-20 minutes, or until all the liquid is absorbed. It’s important to simmer the rice so the water doesn’t absorb too fast or your rice won’t cook through. Stir occasionally during cooking.
- Remove from heat, leave covered, for 10 minutes, then fluff with a fork and serve.
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Recipe Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 445mg | Potassium: 161mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 90IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutritional information not guaranteed to be accurate
