A rice dish with vegetables that is full of flavor! A family favorite!
There are a few things that my husband is crazy about. Me (duh!) our kids, bikes and then come bananas, potatoes & rice. He loves his carbs. I can pretty much make anything and it’s a great meal if it involves potatoes or rice. Rice pilaf is a serious favorite of his (yes, I have been known to make the “rice-a-roni” a time or 2!) but this rice will always win. It makes a big pan so it’s great leftovers or for feeding a crowd. You can serve it with grilled chicken, slow cooker hawaiian chicken, whatever you want really, it is SO good!
Polynesian Rice
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Author: Adell Goff
Ingredients
- 10 chicken bouillon cubes
- 5 cups hot water
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoons pepper
- ½ cup butter (1 stick)
- ½ cup onion, chopped
- 1 cup celery, chopped
- 3 carrots, grated
- ½ cup bell pepper, chopped
- 2 cups Uncle Bens converted rice (parboiled rice)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Add the rice (must use Uncle Bens) to a 13x9" pan.
- Dissolve the chicken bouillon cubes in hot water. Add the salt and pepper and pour over the rice.
- Bake the rice for 35 minutes uncovered. While the rice is baking, chop the vegetables and sauté in the butter just until soft.
- Add the butter/veggie mixture to the rice, gently stir around. Add ¼ cup water to the rice if it seems dry).
- Bake covered with foil for another 25 minutes.
- Fluff and serve!
Notes
I have used the carrots that are already grated from the store and they work great. I have also used chicken base such as better than bouillon in place of the cubes and it works! But make sure you use Uncle Ben's converted rice (also know as parboiled) regular rice will not work in this recipe.
Can anyone tell me how many servings this makes? Thank you! 🙂
I would say 10-15 people. It makes a large 9×13″ pan.
I’m having a little Hawaiian themed dinner party here at my house tonight, and needed a side dish to go with my Mother-In-Laws yummy Teriyaki Pork Kabobs. This is it! This is the side dish! It’s so pretty, and it looks so delicious too. Not just that, but it’s easy to put together. Not a lot of fuss going on here, and I LOVE that! Can’t wait to taste it!!
What a perfect side dish for the kabobs. Sounds wonderful. I hope you enjoyed. We love this rice so much!
If I used the powder version of the bouillon cubes how much do you think I should use?
Usually it will say what is equivalent to a cube. But it’s usually 1 tsp.
Can u use chicken stock instead of bouillon?
yes!
This Polynesian Rice looks delicious!
Thank you! It is so yummy, a family favorite!
xo,
Adell
Never heard of Uncle Bens ‘converted rice’
What’s converted rice?? Thanks Dianne x
It is parboiled rice! I will updated the recipe!