Seasoned Rice is a homemade version of the flavoured boxed rices like Rice-A-Roni and Uncle Bens!

Make a big batch and refrigerate 4 days or freeze 3 months.

ExceptunlikePotato Salad, this rice recipe can also be frozen.

Close up of seasoned rice with butter, ready to be served (copycat boxed rice)

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Rice Side Dish for everything!

Dont get me wrong,plain ricehas its place in this world.

Doused with saucystir fries, smothered inspicy curries.

Flavoured butter rice on a plate, ready to be served

But youdoneed a sauce.

Cook it with stock powder/bouillon, some spices and add a good wack of butter!

Also see the recipe notes for how to adjust this for brown rice.

Spices for rice to make it taste better

Dont worry if you dont have all the spices, there are plenty of alternatives!

See below the photo for a list.

Substitution for spices

You could skip one of the spices and it will still taste similar.

How to make rice taste better

Best sub is dried oregano, followed by basil.

1/4 tsp sage powder is SO GOOD as well.

Parsley optional, this is more for visual, to get the little green specks in the rice.

Seasoned rice in a saucepan, ready to be served

How to make rice taste better!

Too high, and it will bubble over and out the sides of the pot.

Pile onto serving platter, sprinkle with parsley or something green for presentation if you wish.

Baked Chicken Breast with a side of Garlic Butter Rice with Kale on a white plate, ready to be eaten.

Refrigerate within 2 hours of cooking.

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