Brown Rice Almondine Recipes

ALMOND BROWN RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a nonstick pan over medium heat.
• Add chopped shallots and saute for 1 minute or until crisp-tender.
• Add garlic and saute for 20 seconds, or until fragrant.
• Stir in rice and continue to cook for 1 minute.
• Add chicken broth, salt and pepper.
• Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed.
• Remove from heat and add toasted almonds and parsley; stir and fluff with a fork.
• Taste for seasonings and adjust accordingly.
• Serve.

RICE ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Combine chicken broth or vegetable broth, parsley flakes, minced onion and oregano leaves in a heavy non-reactive saucepan over high heat.
• Bring to a boil and stir in rice and butter.
• Cover pan and reduce heat to medium low; cook 20 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes.
• Fluff rice with a fork and gently toss in toasted almonds and serve with chicken, pork or fish with a green vegetable.
• For Vegetarian meals do not use chicken broth use vegetable broth and margarine instead of butter.
• Enjoy!

BROWN RICE ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Cook and stir onion in hot margarine until tender.
• Add broth, lemon juice and garlic powder.
• Bring to boil.
• Stir in rice.
• Return to boil.
• Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in green beans, almonds and dill; cover.
• Let stand 5 minutes.

RICE PILAF AMANDINE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the almonds on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool.
• Bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the haricots verts and cook until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water. Wipe out the saucepan.
• Melt the butter in the saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion, season with salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 4 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring, until lightly toasted, 1 to 3 minutes. Add the chicken broth, bay leaf and lemon zest and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low; cover and simmer until the liquid is absorbed, about 18 minutes. Remove from the heat; add the haricots verts, cover and let stand 5 minutes. Uncover and stir in the lemon juice, half of the almonds, and pepper to taste. Remove the bay leaf. Transfer the rice to a bowl and top with the remaining almonds.

ALMOND RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the water, rice and butter to a boil. Remove from the heat. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed. Stir in the almonds, salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley.

BROWN RICE WITH CRANBERRIES AND ALMONDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large saucepan, bring broth to a simmer; reduce heat to low and keep hot. In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 3-4 minutes. Add rice, bulgur and almonds; cook and stir until rice is lightly browned and has a nutty aroma, 2-3 minutes., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Stir in cranberries, 1/2 cup parsley, green onions, salt and pepper. Stir in hot broth. Bake, covered, 45 minutes. Uncover and continue to cook until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, 30-35 minutes longer. Remove from oven and fluff with a fork. Cover; let stand 5-10 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining parsley before serving.