Rice With Almonds and Pine Nuts

This tasty dish come from Korea, where nuts and seeds play a fairly large role in the country's cuisine. Sweet dishes such as this are often served with highly spicey foods.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups water
• 1  cup brown rice, uncooked
• 1⁄4 cup  coarsely chopped  almonds
• 3  tablespoons pine nuts
• 3  tablespoons honey
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce

Directions

1. Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add rice. When water boils again, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 45 minutes, until rice is tender and most of the liquid has cooked out. Remove from heat and let stand covered, 5 minutes.
2. While rice is cooking, heat a small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Spray with a nonstick cooking spray. Place almonds and pine nuts in skillet and cook, stirring constantly, just until nuts are lightly toasted.
3. Spoon hot rice into a serving bowl and add nuts, along with honey and soy sauce. Mix well.
4. Serve Hot.