Rice Pilaf | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• ¼ cup butter
• 1 medium chopped onion
• ½ cup celery
• 1½ cups rice
• ¼ cup fresh parsley (or less)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ⅕ teaspoon pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• ⅕ teaspoon dried thyme
• 3 cups chicken broth (or 3 small oxo chicken cubes dissolved in 3 cups water - educe the amount of salt above, as oxo cubes are salty)