Oven Baked Orange Rice

• 3/4 cup regular long grain rice
• 2/3 cup celery, chopped
• 2 tablespoons onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon orange rind, grated
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup minute maid orange juice
• 1 1/4 cups water
• chopped parsley (optional)
• slivered almonds (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix the rice, celery, onion, butter, orange peel and salt together and pour into a buttered 1-quart casserole dish.
3. In a saucepan, heat the orange juice and water together to boiling.
4. Add the orange juice mixture to the casserole dish and stir.
5. Cover and bake about 45 minutes or until the rice is fluffy and tender.
6. Toss with a fork and sprinkle with chopped parsley or slivered almonds.

regular long grain rice, celery, onions, butter, orange rind, salt, minute maid orange juice, water, parsley, almonds

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/oven-baked-orange-rice-124879 (may not work)