Need a Good, Basic, Rice Pilaf recipe.

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6. Well, you don't need the broken up pasta

In fact, I find it downright distracting in the final dish.

What I use to stuff game hens is onion and celery, sauteed in butter, add slivered almonds, add a few golden raisins (they pack a punch, so you don't want many), add the rice, add chicken stock and cook until the stock is nearly evaporated and the rice is firm but edible. Then stuff the hens and bake. The baking process finishes the rice and the bird and the pilaf tend to flavor each other.

This is the most basic recipe there is and one I pulled right out of my butt at the last minute, which is why I use it even now.

I've done this simple pilaf as a side and I've done really elaborate ones that can be main dishes. It's like spaghetti sauce, there are as many recipes as there are cooks.