Name: Simple Baked Rice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Cooking spray -; Long-grain rice - 1 cup; Olive oil - 1 tablespoon; Diced carrot - ¼ cup; Diced celery - ¼ cup; Diced onion - ¼ cup; Garlic, minced - 2 cloves; Chicken stock - 2 cups; Bay leaf - 1; Ground black pepper, or to taste - 1 pinch

Ingredients for - Simple Baked Rice

1. Cooking spray

2. Long-grain rice 1 cup

3. Olive oil 1 tablespoon

4. Diced carrot ¼ cup

5. Diced celery ¼ cup

6. Diced onion ¼ cup

7. Garlic, minced 2 cloves

8. Chicken stock 2 cups

9. Bay leaf 1

10. Ground black pepper, or to taste 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Simple Baked Rice

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a 2-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.

2 . Stage

Spread long-grain rice into prepared casserole dish.

3 . Stage

Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir carrot, celery, and onion in hot oil until onion is soft and translucent, about 4 minutes. Stir garlic into mixture; cook and stir 1 minute more. Increase heat to high; add chicken stock and bay leaf to the saucepan and bring to a boil. Pour the mixture over the rice in the casserole dish. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil.

4 . Stage

Bake in preheated oven 20 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and continue baking until the rice is tender and has absorbed most of the liquid, about 20 minutes more. Remove and discard bay leaf; season with black pepper. Fluff with a fork to serve.