Deluxe Rice Amandine Recipes

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!

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.

CHICKEN AMANDINE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add rice with contents of seasoning packet and broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Uncover; set aside to cool. , In a large bowl, combine the chicken, green beans, soup, 1/2 cup of almonds, pimientos, pepper and garlic powder. Stir in rice. , Transfer to a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with bacon and remaining almonds. Cover and bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated through.

BAKED WILD RICE AMANDINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475°F.
• In a 10-inch round baking dish toast almonds in oven until golden, about 5 minutes. Add butter and rice and toss to coat. Stir in broth and salt and cover dish with foil. Bake rice in lower third of oven 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until rice is tender. If all of broth has not been absorbed, bake rice, uncovered, 5 minutes more.
• Rice may be made 1 day ahead and reheated before serving.