Lebanese Rice Recipes

Lebanese food is fresh, herb-forward and built around the table of meze — bright with lemon, garlic and good olive oil. When Lebanese cooks work with rice, they reach for olive oil, lemon, garlic, tahini, sumac and za'atar, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, caramelising and frying.

The everyday grain for half the planet — a neutral base that soaks up the flavours around it, from pilafs to fried rice. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, olive oil, onion, ground cinnamon, ground cumin and ground allspice. The dishes here span lebanese classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.

Reader favourite: Riz bi Djaj is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,100 ratings.