Saffron Rice At The Plaza Hotel

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 tablespoons kerry irish gold sweet butter
• 2 cups long grain rice
• 4 cups boiling chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon leaves saffron, crumbled
• 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 saute onion in butter in a heavy saucepan until golden.
• 2 add rice and stir until the grains glisten.
• 3 stir in the chicken stock [can substitute with better than bouillon chicken base dissolved in water], salt and saffron.
• 4 cover and simmer 15-30 minutes, or until grains are tender.
• 5 if misture becomes too dry before grains are tender, add 1/2 cup more boilng chicken stock.
• 6 spoon rice into a heated serving bowl and sprinkle with parmesan.
• 7 serves 8.