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This vibrant Turmeric Rice Recipe is a fast and easy side dish perfect for brightening up your weeknight dinner.
Hello friends! It’s been quite a while since I posted a new recipe. If you follow me on instagram, you might know that I recently had a baby! So that explains why I haven’t been able to cook or photograph new recipes. Now that my baby is all grown up at the age of 2 months, I’m ready to send him off to college and get back to work. 😆😆😆 Just kidding! But as I start to get the hang of being a mom, I am trying to get back in the swing of things with the blog.
Due to some complications, I spent about a week in the hospital after my baby was born. After eating hospital food for several days, my brother saved us and brought us some “real food” from a local Mediterranean restaurant. It was probably some of the best food we have ever tasted. Influenced by sleep deprivation, stress and 3 days of hospital food, but nevertheless, delicious.
We loved it so much that we got takeout many more times from that restaurant during the first few weeks of our baby’s life. Mr. Briar LOVED the turmeric rice, and asked me if I could recreate it at some point. This Turmeric Rice isn’t exactly what they serve, but it might be even better!
WHAT IS TURMERIC?
Turmeric is a rhizome (a tuber, similar to a root) like ginger – in fact, turmeric and ginger are in the same family! The powder made from the root is bright yellow, and sometimes used to dye foods. It will stain, so be careful when working with it! Turmeric is not spicy, and is often used in curry.
WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF TURMERIC?
The jury is out on exactly how healthy turmeric is. Turmeric contains Curcumin which is an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. These are great for many things – boosts brain function, fights heart disease and cancer. However, turmeric only contains 3% curcumin, and the body doesn’t absorb curcumin very well. But whether or not turmeric has miraculous medical powers, you can still feel good about adding it to your food!
HOW TO MAKE TURMERIC RICE
- Rinse rice until water runs clear, drain.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add olive oil and butter.
- When butter is melted, add onion and garlic, saute until softened.
- Add rice and turmeric. Stir until combined. Add chicken broth and bay leaf, cover pan. Increase heat and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, allow to simmer 15-20 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat and allow to sit for 5 minutes. Remove bay leaf, fluff with a fork and serve.
Turmeric Rice
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 cup onion finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup jasmine rice rinsed
- 1 and 1/2 cups chicken broth low sodium
- 1 bay leaf dried
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
Instructions
- Rinse rice until water runs clear, drain.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add olive oil and butter.
- When butter is melted, add onion and garlic, saute until softened.
- Add rice and turmeric. Stir until combined. Add chicken broth and bay leaf, cover pan. Increase heat and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, allow to simmer 15-20 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat and allow to sit for 5 minutes. Remove bay leaf, fluff with a fork and serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I use long grain rain
Thank You
That should work!
This recipe is delicious! It has entered my regular recipe rotation.
So happy to hear that!
This is my go-to rice recipe! I’ve made it countless times for my family. It pairs well with virtually any protein. Thank you for sharing, Meghan!
I’m so happy you love them!
I make rice a lot but I have never made turmeric rice. That just changed because this recipe is going to be a goto from now on. It is so excellent! This is the rice I’m using for a Hawaiian favorite called Loco Moco. What a terrific flavor addition. Thank you!
So happy you loved it, Debra!
We just supposed to guess how much uncooked rice this recipe is for?
My bad apparently I’m blind.
This was a great recipe! I made it today and my family loved it! I opted out of the butter to lessen the calories.
HOW MUCH TUMERIC IS REQUIRED PER COOKED RICE?
Hi Tony, this recipe doesn’t use pre cooked rice. If you follow the recipe using uncooked rice, the recipe states 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of turmeric.
Perhaps a tad more broth – but that given I used basmati rather than jasmine rice. Nice, goes with a broad range of dishes.
Very tasty, made it two days back to back. However I got smart and double the recipe this time. Thanks for sharing.
YUM!
I added the ingredients except the onion to my rice pot cooker and it is DIVINE! After the rice cooker was done, I put 2T olive oil in my wok added the onions, did not have garlic cloves so substituted garlic powder and threw in the onions, added egg and cooked in pan then rice, soy, oyster and it was AMAZING. Made spring rolls in the air cooker lol. I have to get better at them. was tasty but did not look like the picture so if you have an airfryer spring roll recipe let me know. Yum!
Yum, that sounds great!
Made this so many time! I always boil some chicken then shred it, then cook the rice in the boiled water plus the chicken shreds.
That sounds great, so glad you like it!
I have prepared this recipe many, many times! My husband and son request “yellow rice” often! We actually had it tonight. I follow the recipe exactly but the only change is that we prefer parboiled rice, so I just use the amount of water and time that my rice calls for. Turns out perfect every time. Thanks for such an excellent recipe!!
Thank you so much for your comment! I’m so glad you loved it!
I’ve probably made this recipe 20 times. It’s a staple in our house! I like to add a drained can of chicken at the end for some protein.
I’m so glad to hear that!
Hi – do you have the nutritional information for this recipe?
Hi, yep, just added it!
First time commenting, but first time making. My Algerian husband just loves this recipe! He’s always asking me to make it. Tonight I had him help so he can make it now whenever he likes. We doubled the recipe this time so fingers crossed it will cook properly because if the pan.
I’m so happy you both love it!
Super reliable, easy to customize, works every time. I love to serve this with fish and a salad of cucumber and tomato tossed in balsamic dressing. Goes great with a creamy yogurt and herb sauce. I also like to stir in chopped parsley, dried cranberries and slivered almonds. So many options!
I decided to use chicken bone broth for added protein and a touch of coconut milk for creaminess and it was absolutely delicious. I found that I had to add quite a bit more chicken broth to get the rice to fully cook, but I’m very pleased with how it turned out!
I used chicken bone broth and water, one cup of rach
Excellent! I used Basmati rice and added a can of cooked chicken. Great easy meal!
Thank you for sharing this. We made it last night with a slow cooked Moroccan pork. It was a terrific combination. Instead of parsley, I used cilantro but otherwise followed it exactly. I do think it would be delicious to add some toasted mustard seeds to the final product.. Thanks again
Phenomenal recipe!!! Thank you for sharing!
Loved it!!! Will definitely make again!
I’m so glad you loved it!