Grammy's Kitchen · Rice Pilaf · Beef Plov (Beef Rice Pilaf)
One of 40 rice pilaf recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
203 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 40.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 245% | 259% |
| fat | 13% | 15% |
| protein add | 123% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 33% | 16% |
| aromatics | 55% | 43% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 680 g | 1 1/2 lbs Beef chuck (beef sirloin or good quality beef stew meat) |
| 73 g | 1/3 cup canola oil (or extra light olive oil (not extra virgin)) |
| 300 g | 2 medium onions (finely chopped) |
| 183 g | 3 medium carrots (cut into matchsticks or grated) |
| 6 g | 1 tsp salt for the meat and veggies + 1 1/2 tsp salt for the rice |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper |
| 2 g | 1 tsp paprika |
| 2 g | 1 tsp cumin |
| 4 g | 3-4 bay leaves |
| 414 g | 1 3/4 cups hot water for braising meat |
| 555 g | 3 cups long grain rice (Basmati or Jasmin rice work great!) |
| 946 g | 4 cups hot water when cooking rice |
| 2 g | 1 tsp ground coriander |
| 3 g | 1 head of garlic |
Method: 8 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made a couple of changes. First, I added 3 tablespoons of tomato paste into the braising liquid. For the rice - my pot is not a dutch or a heavy bottom pot. This may help the folks who are getting rice that is not fully cooked because of the type of pot they” — a cook, 5.0★
“I lost my Plov recipe and so followed this one. The taste wasn't bad but nowhere as good as my original recipe. I used a heavy cast iron pan and had to add more water as the rice didn't cook and was started to burn on the bottom. Not sure the purpose of put” — a cook, 3.0★