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I have found the Rice Pilaf Recipe that reminds me of my country Kazakhstan, it is also known as Uzbek Plov. Now I want to share it with YOU! A one pot meal made of flavorful basmati rice and delicious beef. It is so GOOD! Ground cumin and an incredible aroma from saffron spice give this rice pilaf an amazing kick in flavor. The beef cooks until perfection, until perfect tender texture. Falling apart basmati rice simmers in beef, carrot, onion and garlic broth until rice absorbs the mouth watering broth. It’s a MUST TRY dinner recipe!
I like to serve this plov with Loaded & Baked Eggplant & Broccoli Cucumber SALAD.
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Ingredients you will need to make Beef Rice Pilaf Recipe:
- 1½ – 2 lb beef sirloin or good quality beef (I used Beef Round Top from Costco)
- 2 medium onions, sliced
- 5 medium carrots, peeled & julienned
- 2½ cup Basmati rice, washed
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt, more if needed
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin, divided
- ½ teaspoon saffron
- 1 whole garlic, top cut off
- black pepper, to taste
- 5 cups water
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How to make Uzbek Plov
Step One
Get all of the ingredients ready by cutting 2 lb beef into 1 inch cubes, slicing 2 onions and julienning 5 carrots.
Step Two
Pour ½ cup olive oil into your dutch oven and heat on medium/high heat until it is super hot. Carefully add 2lb cubed steak, and cook until browned about 7-10 minutes, stirring few times.
Step Three
Now, add 2 sliced onions, ½ teaspoon ground cumin, 2 teaspoons kosher salt and black pepper to taste. Stir and cook on medium/high, until onion is cooked thru about 10 minutes. Add 5 julienned carrots, ½ teaspoon ground cumin and ½ teaspoon saffron. Mix and cook until carrots are cooked thru about 5 -7 minutes, stirring few times.
Step Four
Pour 5 cups of water, bring it to a boil, cover and simmer on low for about 4o minutes or until meat is tender. Then add 2½ rice and 1 whole garlic. Bring it to a boil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and simmer on low until rice is cooked thru, about 30 minutes.
Step Five
Serve warm with Crazy Delicious Greek Salad or Loaded & Baked Eggplants. Grab a fork and enjoy!
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One Pot Meal - Beef Rice Pilaf Recipe (Uzbek Plov)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 - 2 lb beef sirloin or good quality beef I used Beef Round Top from Costco
- 2 medium onions sliced
- 5 medium carrots peeled & julienned
- 2 1/2 cup Basmati rice washed
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt more if needed
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin divided
- 1/2 teaspoon saffron
- 1 whole garlic top cut off
- black pepper to taste
- 5 cups water
Instructions
- Get all of the ingredients ready by cutting 2 lb beef into 1 inch cubes, slicing 2 onions and julienning 5 carrots.
- Pour 1/2 cup olive oil into your dutch oven and heat on medium/high heat until it is super hot. Carefully add 2lb cubed steak, and cook until browned about 7-10 minutes, stirring few times.
- Now, add 2 sliced onions, 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin, 2 teaspoons kosher salt and black pepper to taste. Stir and cook on medium/high, until onion is cooked thru about 10 minutes.
- Add 5 julienned carrots, 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin and 1/2 teaspoon saffron. Mix and cook until carrots are cooked thru about 5 -7 minutes, stirring few times.
- Pour 5 cups of water, bring it to a boil, cover and simmer on low for about 4o minutes or until meat is tender.
- Then add 2 1/2 rice and 1 whole garlic. Bring it to a boil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and simmer on low until rice is cooked thru, about 30 minutes. Serve warm with Crazy Delicious Greek Salad or Loaded & Baked Eggplants. Grab a fork and enjoy!
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As soon as I can get my hands on some good quality saffron this will be made. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful, tasty recipe. Easy to prepare. I used minced garlic, and Jasmine rice. Placed in the oven for 50 minutes when the rice was added. Made a nice crust on top. I served it as a covered dish at a community dinner. Delicious!!!
Certainly not spicy. It would be better with some cumen and pepper.
So close to indain dish Biryani, Once i tried and it was really spicy
I have never tried an Indian dish Biryani, but this Rice Pilaf Recipe should not be spicy unless you add a lot of black ground pepper to make it spicy.