Rainbow Rice And Tuna

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/3 cup rice, raw, uncooked (not instant)
• 2/3 cup chicken broth (canned is fine)
• 2 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 (6 ounce) can tuna, drained
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/3 cup onion, diced
• 1/3 cup red bell pepper
• 1/3 cup green bell pepper
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 melt one tablespoon of butter in a 1 quart saucepan, add rice and stir until all the grains are coated.
• 2 add the chicken broth to the rice, cover and place pan over a stove burner with a very low flame. (total heating time will be 15 minutes, followed by at least 5 minutes standing time).
• 3 after the rice has cooked for 15 minutes, turn off the flame under the rice, but do not remove the cover.
• 4 melt one tablespoon of butter in a frying pan; heat the onion and bell peppers until soft. add the lemon juice and the drained can of tuna.
• 5 heat mixture for an additional 3 to 5 minutes or until the tuna is warmed.
• 6 remove the cover on the rice and stir in the heated onion, bell pepper and tuna mixture and serve. salt and pepper to taste.