Carrageenan Free Herbed Butter Rice
Fluffy, fragrant, and finished with a generous knob of butter, this herbed rice is the kind of side dish that quietly steals the show at the dinner table. Long-grain white rice gets the full treatment here — cooked low and slow until every grain is perfectly tender, then folded with fresh parsley, chives, and optional basil for a bright, garden-fresh finish. Carrageenan is a thickener and stabilizer that sneaks into a surprising number of packaged foods, including some flavored rice mixes and seasoning blends, so making rice from scratch with whole, simple ingredients is genuinely the cleanest route. Every ingredient in this recipe is exactly what it sounds like — no additives, no fillers, just rice, water, salt, butter, and fresh herbs. The technique is straightforward but intentional: keeping the lid on during cooking and letting the rice rest off the heat are the two small steps that make the texture go from decent to genuinely great. It works beautifully alongside roasted chicken, grilled fish, or really anything that could use a herby, buttery companion on the plate.
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4 servings
- 1 ½ cups long-grain white rice
- 2 ¼ cups water
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh chives, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp fresh basil, thinly sliced (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the rice, water, and salt in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, uncovered, until the surface is bubbling and the water level has dropped just to the top of the rice, about 3–4 minutes.
- 2
Reduce the heat to the lowest setting, cover tightly, and cook until all the water is absorbed and the rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Do not lift the lid during this time.
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