Best Orange Herb Rice Recipes

SUPER ORANGE CITRUS RICE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan. Stir in half of the celery, the instant onions, and salt. Saute for just a minute or two.
• Add the rice and stir until well coated. Saute for another minute or two before adding the orange juice and water. Bring to a simmer, cover, reduce the heat and cook (covered) for 45-50 minutes, or until the rice is tender.
• Remove from heat, stir and fluff in the carrots and remaining celery, cover again, and allow to sit for another 10 minutes. Season with more salt if needed, and serve topped with the cashews, scallions, and some orange zest.

ORANGE HERB RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender.
• Add all remaining ingredients except rice and bring to a boil.
• Add rice and stir well.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.

OSSO BUCO WITH ORANGE-HERB GREMOLATA

Steps:

• Center a rack in the oven, and heat it to 350 degrees. Cut the tomatoes into pieces, and reserve the juice; set aside.
• Heat the canola oil in a Dutch oven (or other large pot) over medium heat, and working in batches, brown the meat on all sides, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and transfer to a bowl as the pieces are browned. Discard the oil.
• Add the olive oil, garlic, carrots, onion and herbs to the pot. Season with salt, and cook over low heat, stirring, until the vegetables are soft but not colored, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the anchovies, and cook a minute or two, until they dissolve. Increase the heat, add the wine and boil until almost evaporated. Stir in the broth, tomatoes with their liquid, olives, zest and pepper flakes. Return the meat, submerging as much of it as possible. Seal the pot with foil, and cover with the lid. Slide the pot into the oven.
• Braise for 1 1/2 hours - if the meat is falling off the bone, it's done; if it's not, give it another 30 minutes or so.
• Mix all the ingredients together.
• Serve the meat with the sauce (or refrigerate for up to 3 days; reheat gently). Pass the gremolata at the table.

TURMERIC ORANGE GINGER INFUSED RICE

Steps:

• Take ½ cup diced dried mango in a small cup and add 1 tablespoon thawed frozen orange juice concentrate.
• Add enough very warm, but not hot, water to cover. Let sit to plump and infuse mango with orange juice.
• Meanwhile, melt butter over low-medium heat in 2 quart saucepan, but do not brown.
• Add garlic and ginger to butter and let combine until entire mixture is no longer raw and cooked to infuse the butter. Do not brown.
• Drain mango, take juice and pour into measuring cup and add water to equal 1 ¾ cup.
• Add liquid to saucepan and bring to a boil. Add rice, salt, cinnamon and pepper and turmeric.
• Cover and simmer about 15 minutes til rice is tender and all liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat, covered.
• Then add macerated mango, fluffing with a fork. Recover. Before serving, sprinkle with freshly minced mint and pine nuts. Refluff. Taste for seasoning (salt and pepper), and adjust to taste.
• Drizzle with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and serve. Enjoy.

SAVORY HERB RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the water, butter and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Add remaining ingredients. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for about 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.

ORANGE CILANTRO RICE

Steps:

• Spray medium saucepan with cooking spray; heat over medium heat until hot.
• Saute onions until tender, 3-5 minutes.
• Add rice and orange zest to saucepan; cook over medium heat until rice is lightly browned, 2-3 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add water to saucepan and heat to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, covered, until rice is tender, 20-25 minutes.
• Stir in cilantro and season to taste with salt and pepper.

FRESH ORANGE RICE

Steps:

• Remove the zest from the orange and measure out up to 2 tablespoons, if desired. Mince and set aside.
• To garner the maximum amount of juice from your oranges, with a sharp knife pierce the oranges about 5-6 times and microwave for 30 seconds.
• Juice the orange and measure out 3/4 cup; more or less according to your preference. You may need to juice another orange if two oranges don't yield enough juice. Remember that for 2 cups of rice you will need 4 cups of liquid (water/orange juice) in whatever ratio you choose.
• Place the rice in a pan along with the water, salt and orange juice. NOTE: *Important to stir in the orange zest at the end of the cooking time. DO NOT add the zest in with the rice while it is cooking or the rice will turn bitter.
• Cover pan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer about 20-25 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
• Remove pan from stove; fluff rice with a fork and stir in the zest. Let stand covered for a few minutes then serve.
• Garnish with orange slices if desired.

ORANGE HERB ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pour the chicken broth into a small roasting pan, and set aside.
• Loosen the skin from the breasts and thighs of the chicken. Stuff the butter pieces evenly underneath the skin of the chicken, and place into the roasting pan. Squeeze the orange halves over the chicken, and stuff the orange halves into the chicken cavity. Tie the legs together with kitchen twine. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper to taste, then rub in the minced garlic. Drizzle the melted butter all over the chicken, then lay the herb sprigs onto the breast and around the legs.
• Cover the dish with aluminum foil, and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Uncover and baste the chicken with the pan juices. Continue cooking until the chicken is no longer pink, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), 1 to 2 hours. Baste the chicken every 10 to 15 minutes after you uncover it. Once cooked, allow the chicken to rest out of the oven for 10 minutes before slicing.

RICE WITH FRESH HERBS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add the rice and 1 tablespoon of the salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain through a fine-mesh sieve and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking. Shake the sieve to drain as much water as possible.
• Melt the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the rice and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and stir with a heatproof rubber spatula to coat all the rice with the butter. Once the rice is warmed through, about 3 minutes, transfer the rice to a serving bowl and add the herbs plus additional salt, if needed. Stir with a fork to incorporate and fluff the rice and serve warm or at room temperature.

CRANBERRY AND ORANGE WILD RICE

Steps:

• Put cranberries in a medium bowl and pour in enough hot tap water to cover. Set aside while you make the rice.
• In a medium pot over medium-high heat, add the water, orange juice, and butter, and bring to a boil. Stir in the rice, and the included contents of the seasoning packet, and return to a boil. Turn the heat to low, cover, and cook until the rice is tender, about 20 to 25 minutes. Drain the cranberries and add them to the rice along with the orange zest, and almonds. Gently stir them in, fluffing the rice. Transfer the rice to a serving bowl, cover and keep warm until ready to serve.