Grandma's Armenian Rice Pilaf

Ingredients (6)

• ✓ 1 ½ cups long-grain white rice
• + 3 ½ cups chicken broth add to pantry
• ✓ ¼ cup butter
• + ½ cup crushed Italian vermicelli (very thin noodles) add to pantry
• + salt and ground black pepper to taste add to pantry
• ✓ salt and ground black pepper to taste