Rice Amandine Food

RICE AMANDINE

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth and water to boil in medium saucepan.
• Stir in rice; cover. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 min.
• Add almonds; mix lightly.

FLOUNDER AMANDINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Melt butter in shallow baking dish in oven (do not allow it to brown).
• Remove baking dish from oven and add the wine, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• Arrange fish in baking dish; flip to coat with butter mixture.
• Bake in 450 degree oven 10 minutes per side, 20 minutes total, or until fish flakes easily with fork.
• Remove fish from pan.
• Stir almonds and parsley into butter mixture.
• Spoon mixture over fish to serve.
• Serves 4.

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!

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.

WILD RICE ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add the onion, chives, shallots and green pepper and sauté until soft.
• Stir in the rice and sauté 2 to 3 minutes more.
• Add the almonds, water chestnuts and mushrooms.
• Turn the mixture into a casserole dish.
• Stir in the boiling chicken broth and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Cover the casserole and bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender.

CHICKEN AMANDINE

Steps:

• On waxed paper, mix flour, salt, and pepper; use to coat chicken breasts.
• In 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat, in 1 tablespoon hot margarine or butter, cook chicken breasts until browned and fork-tender, about 10 minutes.
• Remove chicken to platter.
• In same skillet over medium heat, in 1 more tablespoon hot margarine or butter, cook almonds until lightly browned.
• Stir in lemon juice.
• Spoon sauce over chicken.
• Garnish with parsley sprigs.

CHICKEN AND RICE AMANDINE

Steps:

• Melt butter and garlic powder in 10-inch skillet until sizzling; add almonds. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until almonds are lightly browned (2 to 3 minutes). Remove almonds with slotted spoon. Set aside.
• Increase heat to medium-high; add chicken strips to same skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned (5 to 7 minutes). Stir in water and rice with seasoning packet. Continue cooking until mixture comes to a boil (3 to 5 minutes).
• Reduce heat to medium. Cover; cook 5 minutes. Uncover; stir in green beans. Cover; continue cooking 5 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed. Uncover; stir in sour cream. Sprinkle with almonds just before serving.

CELERY ALMANDINE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir almonds until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir celery, onion, bouillon, sugar, and ginger into almonds. Continue to cook and stir until celery is tender, about 10 minutes.