Perfect Brazilian Buttery Rice

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup rice (preferably long grain)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 in a pot, melt 1 tbs of butter.
• 2 add 1 cup rice and fry it, almost continuously stirring with a spatula until some rice grains begin to brown (watch carefully, it can burn easily at this point).
• 3 quickly add 2 cups of boiling water (this will create a giant puff of hot steam).
• 4 add salt, if using.
• 5 cook with the heat on high until it starts boiling.
• 6 put the lid on, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until all the water is absorbed.
• 7 wait 5 minutes with the heat off, keeping the pot covered.
• 8 serve and enjoy!