Harvest Rice with Apples and Pecans
 
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Harvest Rice is reminiscent of fall, with a mixture of brown and wild rice, tossed with tart apples and buttery toasted pecans.
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Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 2¼ cups chicken broth
  • 1 cup brown rice
  • ⅛ cup wild rice
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • ½ cup roughly chopped pecans
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped apple
  • ⅛ tsp nutmeg
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. In a large pot, bring chicken broth to a boil. Add rice and salt and simmer for 40-45 minutes, or until done.
  2. In a non-stick skillet, melt the butter, then sauté the pecans in the butter until the pecans are golden brown. Remove pecans from the pan and set aside.
  3. In the same pan, add the olive oil, and sauté the chopped onion and apple until the onions are translucent. Sprinkle with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
  4. When the rice is done, stir in the apple/onion mixture as well as the pecans.
Recipe by Webicurean at http://blog.webicurean.com/2012/09/23/harvest-rice-with-apples-and-pecans/