Great Grandma Miske's Rice

This is a rice pilaf recipe I got from my grandmother. She would always make this for me when I went to her house. She knew it was my favorite and now my kids like it too. I've modified the recipe a little bit, using Orzo instead of vermicilli.

Ingredients

1 tbls butter or little bit of olive oil
1 cup vermicelli
1 cup rice
1 cup chicken broth (I sometimes make this 2 cups and not use water)
1 cup water

optional

Sliced Mushrooms or some other vegetable of choice

Cooking

Heat cooking pan over medium heat. Melt butter. Once butter has melted add the vermicelli and saute until it turns golden. Don't try to get them all golden, if you do, you'll suffer the indignity of having burnt vermicelli. Add the rice. Stir to mix it up. Add the chicken broth and water and cover. Turn the heat to low, and stir a couple of times while the rice cooks. The rice will cook for 20 minutes.