Rice and Pasta Pilaf

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2014, America's Test Kitchen TV

How do you get rice and pasta to cook up fluffy and tender in one pot? With a good soak.

SERVES 4 to 6 As a Side Dish

TIME 1¼ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This elegant version of rice pilaf combines rice with pieces of vermicelli that have been toasted in fat to add richness and a nutty flavor. In order to produce a rice pilaf with rice as perfectly cooked as the pasta, we had to get the rice...

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