pilaf

Example Sentences

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Here are two entry-level examples: using citrus zest and juice in a salad dressing; and cooking scallion whites into a rice pilaf and then garnishing the finished dish with scallion greens.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Do you want linguini, potato, rice pilaf or veggies?

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2023

Start your week right with this green quinoa pilaf.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022

Henry says her grandmother always served this chicken atop a bed of rice pilaf, but it would go equally well with polenta or mashed potatoes to help soak up the sauce.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

The Kaimakan was sitting on his carpet, and on a low table before him steamed a dish of pilaf, that is, sheep's flesh mixed with rice; beside him lay two bamboo canes.

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór