How to Use pilaf in a Sentence

pilaf

noun

• Spoon the sauce over fish and serve with rice pilaf or potatoes.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2018
• Pair with duck a l’orange or a lentil and red pepper pilaf.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• Pair with roasted duck breast or a beef and cous-cous pilaf.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• Fried fish, salmon and rice pilaf, sides, homemade soup and desserts.
  — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2018
• This last one is for leek dumplings—made from a family recipe—and lamb pilaf, around $25 for the till.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2020
• Serve chicken with green beans, wild rice pilaf and sauce.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 21 Oct. 2016
• Chop and stir into this rice pilaf, and serve as a side with dinner.
  — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
• Remove from the heat; keep covered and let the pilaf sit for 5 minutes.
  — Joe Yonan, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
• Serve with a side of pasta or rice pilaf to round out your easy weeknight meal.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2020
• Serve the fish with a rice pilaf and your favorite tomato salsa.
  — Wolfgang Puck, chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• Serve with brown rice pilaf, green beans, a spinach salad and sourdough rolls.
  — Susan Nicholson, ajc, 16 Feb. 2018
• Serve it with a grain or rice pilaf, crusty bread or over polenta.
  — Christopher Kimball, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2022
• Serving Lake Erie perch with fresh-cut fries, slaw, rice pilaf, roll and butter.
  — cleveland, 6 Mar. 2020
• Baked Atlantic Ocean cod with rice pilaf, slaw and tartar sauce.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 2 Apr. 2021
• Lamb anchors a messy plov (rice pilaf) alongside a whole bulb of garlic.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2016
• Bowls of lentil rice pilaf and za’atar chicken, fattoush salad, and more.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2019
• Back then, Jimmy’s on the Mall was the fanciest game in town, serving steak tips and rice pilaf for a fair price and a side salad to boot.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2021
• The school cafeteria served 260 chicken Kiev and rice pilaf meals.
  — Denys Bucksten, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• But what about that tragic rice pilaf with the nuts and Craisins that Aunt Jan keeps bringing ’round simply because no one’s had the heart to stop her?
  — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appétit, 16 Nov. 2019
• This rice dish is based on one of the most famous Persian polos (pilaf), known as sabzi polo.
  — Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit, 5 Feb. 2018
• This simple pilaf is an excellent base for a grain bowl.
  — Kari Sonde, Washington Post, 24 June 2019
• This goes great with coleslaw and baked potatoes or with rice pilaf and simply cooked vegetables.
  — Julia Turshen, Twin Cities, 4 July 2019
• There's a biryani - a rice pilaf-style dish - that tasted a little like Cincinnati chili, with hints of cumin and cinnamon.
  — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• Put 2 1/4 cups water, the lentil pilaf and curry powder in skillet.
  — Nancy Dell'aria, Woman's Day, 2 Jan. 2012
• She takes heart from pilaf, from Piaf, from a rosy perspective.
  — Leah Eskin, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• The Western-style dish, similar to pilaf, has a good combination of the sour taste of tomatoes, the rich taste of chicken and the sweetness of onions.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2017
• Unlike a pilaf, biryani is the main event, with maybe a cooling raita or crunchy kachumber served alongside.
  — Bon Appétit, 23 Oct. 2019
• The menu includes matzo ball soup, red wine and port braised brisket, tri-colored carrot tzimmes, and quinoa pilaf with red beets and kale.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• Alex’s wife, Tina, 63, is in the kitchen making rice pilaf, and Harout’s wife, Karen, 27, is nearby scooping the various dips into bowls alongside Tina’s homemade pickles and salads.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• People walked up and were handed plates heaping with barbecue chicken, along with macaroni and cheese, rice pilaf, and other sides.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024