No BS Rice

Ingredients

• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• 1/4 cup , softened butter
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• baking soda
• 2 level cups uncooked long grain/jasmine rice
• 3 cups water
• ~1.5 Tablespoons Better than Bouillon (Chicken)
• Aluminum Foil

 

Instructions

1. Add Water to a kettle (electric if you have it) and bring to boil.
2. Heat Butter in a saucepan over medium-high. Add onion, butter, bay leaf, a pinch of baking soda, and salt, and cook, stirring often, until onions are soft and translucent, about 6 minutes.
3. Add Rice to Sauce Pan and raise heat to high.
4. Stir well to evenly coat rice in butter and sauté until nutty odor and slight brown color.
5. Turn Heat off.
6. Stir in "Better than Bouillon".
7. Fit Foil Between pan and lid. Lift foil slightly on one edge.
8. Pour in boiling water, and set heat to lowest setting. Place cover on top of foil. Let sit for exactly 20 minutes.
9. Remove pan from heat, and fluff rice gently with a fork. Let stand 5 minutes covered with foil.