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Baked Arborio Rice with Tamari and Fresh Thyme

baked Arborio rice itopped with fresh thyme and grated non-dairy parmesan cheesen in a blue glass bowl on a white cloth

I love Arborio rice, but I often lack the time to make it into a proper risotto. (My youngest child can’t eat rice, so I only make it when my child is eating elsewhere.) When I’m in a hurry (when am I not in a hurry?), I bake Arborio rice in the oven. Its texture becomes closer to grits than rice, but baking it infuses the thyme flavor throughout the rice. The tamari adds a background salty note that enhances the strong flavor of thyme.

Rinse the rice and combine it with olive oil, salt, tamari, a few sprigs of fresh thyme and a lot of water or broth in a small baking dish. Pop it into a 325 degree oven for one hour. I grate dairy-free cheese over the top before serving this simple and delicious dish.

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Baked Arborio Rice with Tamari and Fresh Thyme

By Springhouse Turtle Serves: 4
Prep Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 1 hour Total Time: 90 minutes

Baking Arborio rice with fresh thyme infuses the rice with the strong flavor of thyme.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Arborio rice, rinsed
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon tamari
  • 3.5 cups filtered water or broth
  • 8-10 sprigs of fresh thyme

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

2

Combine rice, olive oil, salt and tamari in a small baking dish.

3

Slowly stir in the water or broth.

4

Stir in the thyme sprigs.

5

Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour.

6

Remove from oven and grate dairy-free parmesan cheese over the top.

7

Sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves, and serve.

Notes

Note: You may want to remove the thyme sprigs before serving. They float to the top, so are easy to remove. They're perfectly edible, but have a thready texture not to everyone's liking. You can make this dish with regular white rice. Halve the water and the cooking time.

A few sprigs of fresh thyme, tamari and rinsed Arborio rice are the basis of this baked rice dish.

Arborio rice in a colander with a bottle of tamari on a wood counter

Pour the rice in a baking dish, add chicken broth, salt, olive oil and tamari, then stir in a few sprigs of fresh thyme. Bake for 1 hour in a 325 degree F oven.

sprigs of fresh thyme float on top of arborio rice and chicken broth in a ceramic dish

The finished dish has the texture of grits infused with thyme. Grate non-dairy Parmesan cheese and sprinkle a few fresh thyme leaves on top before serving.

baked Arborio rice itopped with fresh thyme and grated non-dairy parmesan cheesen in a blue glass bowl on a white cloth

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