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French · Side

Soubise

Thinly sliced onions and a little parboiled rice baked slowly in butter, covered, until both are meltingly soft and pale gold; the onions supply all the moisture. A side dish on its own, or the classic stuffing for Veal Orloff.

  • Yieldabout 600 ml, 4 servings
  • Hands-on20 min
  • Total1 h 31 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 50 glong-grain white rice
  • 3 Lwater, for boiling the rice
  • 1 tbspsalt, for the rice water
  • 60 gunsalted butter
  • 500 gyellow onions, thinly sliced
  • ½ tspsalt

To finish as a vegetable

  • 20 gParmesan, finely gratedoptional
  • 3 tbspheavy creamoptional
  • to tastesalt and pepper

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Rice
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Tyramine
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Creamy
  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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