honey almond rice

This is a very expensive tasting dish that is relatively inexpensive to make.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup white rice
1 cup water
12 almonds (shelled, whole)
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon honey

Cook the rice according to the instructions on whatever variety you have. While the rice cooks, take the almonds and chop them up, slivers are best (if you prefer to purchase them prepared slivered almonds will do fine). Melt the butter over low heat and stir in the honey. You should get a sauce that is thicker than melted butter alone but still thin enough to pour. If necessary you can add additional butter to the mixture. Your rice should call for the end time to sit, not on heat, and finish up. Before you place the cover on it, after fluffing with fork, add the almond silvers on top of the rice. Serve on plates and drizzle the honey-butter sauce over the rice.
When I serve this dish I normally serve it with steamed carrots and potstickers. The potstickers I buy frozen and prepare while the rice cooks.

Serves 2-4 depending on serving size of rice.
Cost (rice only) - minimal, estimating about $0.40 per serving maximum.
Cost (rice, steamed carrots and potstickers) - Depending on prices for the frozen potstickers in your area this will probably run between $1.00 and $1.75 per serving (including 3 potstickers per serving)

Alternate preparation: You can cook and sliver chicken to add at the same point as the almonds. Pork works acceptably as well. I do not recommend beef for this alternate preparation.

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