Greek Rice Pilaf

Ingredients

• 4  bay leaves 
• 21 ounce beef consomme canned
• 0.3 cup butter 
• 1 bunch celery chopped
• 0.3 cup parsley fresh chopped
• 8 servings garnish: green onions sliced
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper 
• 3 cups rice uncooked quick
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• baking pan

Directions

1. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add rice, celery, and onion, and saute 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
2. Stir in consomme and next 4 ingredients.
3. Pour mixture into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
4. Bake, covered, at 350 for 45 minutes or until rice is done.
5. Remove bay leaves.
6. Garnish, if desired.
7. Prep: 15 min.,
8. Bake: 45 min
9. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Minute rice.