Princess Rice

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbs unsalted butter
  • 1 lb fresh ground beef
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1⁄2 tsp ground allspice
  • 1⁄4 tsp crushed red pepper
  • 1‌1⁄2 C basmati rice
  • 3 C chicken stock
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 1⁄4 C fine chopped parsley
  • 1⁄4 C toasted pine nuts

Directions

  1. Heat a large stainless-steel skillet over medium-high heat. Add the butter and cook until it foams, about 30 seconds.
  2. Brown the beef in the skillet, breaking up and stirring the beef on occasion, for 6 to 8 minutes.
  3. Add the salt, black pepper, cinnamon, allspice, red pepper, and garlic to the beef and stir to incorporate.
  4. Next, add the rice, and toast the rice for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring in the beef mixture to coat the rice in the drippings.
  5. Add the stock and lemon juice, stir to incorporate, and allow the mixture to come to a medium simmer.
  6. Cover the skillet, reduce the heat to low, and gently cook the rice for 20 minutes. Turn off the heat, keeping the skillet covered, and set aside for 10 minutes. Remove the cover and fluff the rice with a fork. Transfer the rice to a serving platter and sprinkle with the parsley and pine nuts. Serve.