Best 7 Ancho And Pine Nut Rice Recipes

RICE WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Place pine nuts in skillet and cook, stirring often, until lightly browned. Remove from heat.
• Heat half the butter in saucepan and add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, until onion is wilted. Add rice and stir. Add pine nuts and water and bring to boil. Cover closely and let simmer exactly 17 minutes.
• Uncover, fluff the rice with fork and stir in remaining butter.

RICE WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan.
• Add onion and sauté until translucent.
• Add cooked rice, pine nuts, lemon juice, dill, mint, salt, and pepper.
• Heat thoroughly.

RICE WITH TOASTED PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Spread pine nuts on baking sheet and bake in oven set at 350 degrees until golden brown. Melt butter in saucepan. Add onion and saute until softened. Add rice and stir until coated with butter. Add water, bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat. Continue to cook until water absorbs and rice is light and fluffy, about 20 minutes. Toss in pine nuts and serve.

RICE WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a heavy saucepan and add the onions and pine nuts. Cook, stirring, until wilted. Add the rice, water, thyme, bay leaf and salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil, stirring, making sure there are no lumps in the rice. Cover with a close-fitting lid and place in the oven.
• Bake for 17 minutes, remove the cover and discard the thyme and bay leaf. Using a fork, stir in the remaining butter and blend well.

RICE WITH PINE NUTS AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• In a dry small heavy saucepan toast pine nuts over moderate heat, stirring, until golden, about 5 minutes, and transfer to a small bowl. Finely chop cilantro and reserve 1/4 cup for garnish. Mince garlic. In pan cook rice in oil with garlic and remaining cilantro over moderate heat, stirring, 3 minutes and add water and salt. Bring mixture to a boil and cook, covered, over low heat 15 minutes, or until water is absorbed and rice is tender. Remove pan from heat and let rice stand, covered, 5 minutes.
• Serve rice sprinkled with pine nuts and reserved cilantro.

BROWN RICE AND PINE NUT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Saute the pine nuts in a medium-sized skillet with 2 tablespoons butter over moderate heat until browned, approximately 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• To the same skillet add and melt the remaining butter. Add the rice, bulgur, and onion. Brown for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Spoon this mixture into a 2-quart casserole. Add 3/4 cup parsley, chives, salt, and pepper.
• Bring broth to a boil and stir into rice mixture. Bake uncovered in a preheated 375 oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Garnish with the remaining parsley.

ANCHO AND PINE NUT RICE

Steps:

• Bring the chicken broth to a boil in a medium-size heavy saucepan over high heat. Add the ancho chiles and remove from the heat. Let stand for 15 minutes, or until the chiles soften.
• Transfer the chiles and broth to a blender and puree until smooth. Strain into a 4-cup measuring cup to measure 2 3/4 cups (reserve the remaining puree for another use). Add the milk, salt, and pepper and set aside.
• Melt the butter with the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for 3 minutes, or until the onion is translucent. Add the pine nuts and stir for 2 minutes, or until they are golden. Add the rice and stir for 2 minutes, or until it is coated with oil.
• Add the ancho puree and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until all the liquid has been absorbed. Remove the pan from the heat and let the rice stand for 5 minutes. Then fluff the rice with a fork and serve.