Dreena-Roni
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 156.0
- Total Fat: 6.3 g
- Cholesterol: 18.2 mg
- Sodium: 929.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 20.5 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.2 g
- Protein: 4.1 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Dreena-Roni calories by ingredient
Introduction
Homemade version of the boxed dish of rice and pasta Homemade version of the boxed dish of rice and pastaNumber of Servings: 8
Ingredients
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1/4 lb. angel hair - broken into pieces of 1" or less
1-1/2 cups medium grain rice
1/4 cup butter - melt it in a LARGE skillet
1 tsp. Herbs d/ Provence* (listed as parsley in the nutritional data)
2 cloves garlic
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
5 cups chicken broth, warmed*.
* If using homemade broth, you may need to water it down about 1/3
* If you don't have chicken broth, you can crush 2 chicken bouillon cubes with the spices, but go easy on the salt.
Directions
Gently brown the rice and angel hair in the skillet until lightly browned
Mash the herbs, garlic, salt and pepper with a mortar and pestle or crush the herbs in your hands and stir together.
Add the herbs to the rice
Add chicken broth slowly, 1 cup at a time, bringing it to a boil each time
Stir gently as you add the broth
Once all the broth is in, put the lid on tightly, turn the heat all the way down and simmer 20 minutes.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DREENAMT.
Mash the herbs, garlic, salt and pepper with a mortar and pestle or crush the herbs in your hands and stir together.
Add the herbs to the rice
Add chicken broth slowly, 1 cup at a time, bringing it to a boil each time
Stir gently as you add the broth
Once all the broth is in, put the lid on tightly, turn the heat all the way down and simmer 20 minutes.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DREENAMT.