Rice Almondine

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/3 cups low sodium chicken broth or 1 1/3 cups vegetable broth
• 1 1/4 teaspoons parsley flakes
• 2 teaspoons minced onions
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano leaves
• 2/3 cup long grain rice
• 3 teaspoons unsalted butter or 3 teaspoons unsalted margarine
• 2 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted
• 2 teaspoons slivered almonds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 combine chicken broth or vegetable broth, parsley flakes, minced onion and oregano leaves in a heavy non-reactive saucepan over high heat.
• 2 bring to a boil and stir in rice and butter.
• 3 cover pan and reduce heat to medium low; cook 20 minutes.
• 4 remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes.
• 5 fluff rice with a fork and gently toss in toasted almonds and serve with chicken, lamb or fish with a green vegetable.
• 6 for vegetarian meals do not use chicken broth use vegetable broth and margarine instead of butter.
• 7 enjoy!