Syrian Rice and String Beans

This is a Lebanese dish, you can make the rice as a side dish, or add the string beans for a meal. I can promise you this, once you make the rice, you'll never go back to eating plain white rice as a side dish ever again!

Ingredients needed:

Rice:
1 cup long grain rice (can't be instant)

1/4 cup vermicelli (found in the pasta isle or the Mexican food isle)

1 tablespoon butter

2 cups water

1 tablespoon chicken bullion

Salt and Pepper

String Beans:

1 can cut green beans
2 smalls cans of tomato sauce


In a sauce pan that has a tight fitting lid, brown the vermicelli with the butter on medium heat stirring the entire time as to not burn the vermicelli. Add 1 cup rice and stir.






Bring to a rapid boil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, chicken boullion and put the lid on. lower to medium low heat and cook for 25 minutes. DO NOT lift the lid or rice will not cook.

Remove from heat, lift lid, be careful because steam will release. Stir the rice. Rice should be fluffy. Serve as a side dish to a meal.






For string bean sauce, bring tomato sauce and green beans to a boil, remove from heat and serve over rice.