Brown and Wild Rice With Asparagus

Submitted by swirlycinnacakes

"This is a healthy dish that's good too :P"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup brown rice
• 1⁄2 cup wild rice
• 2 1⁄2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup sliced almonds, crushed
• 1 lb asparagus, trimmed and sliced into 2-inch pieces
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable broth
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

directions

1. Put the brown and wild rices, water, salt, and crushed almonds into the rice cooker.
2. Cook until the cooker turns from cook to warm.
3. Add the asparagus on top of the rice, pour in the vegetable broth, cover and re-set to "cook."
4. Cook until the asparagus is tender but not overcooked.
5. Remove from rice cooker and toss gently with lemon juice.
6. Garnish with more almonds.

Reviews

[Mustang Sally 54269]

Quick, easy & tasty recipe. For those who prefer their asparagus partially crisp, I would recommend stopping the cooking 1/2 way through the 2nd time. Due to preference we didn't add the nuts. Nice recipe, thanks for sharing.