Avocado Almond Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp. Unsalted butter
• margarine
• extra virgin olive oil
• or possibly avocado oil
• 1/2 c. Chopped onion
• 1 c. Long-grain white rice
• 2 c. Warm water
• 1 x Bay leaf
• 1/4 tsp Salt Black pepper
• freshly grnd
• 1 med Red bell pepper roasted and peeled
• 1 lrg Avocado - (10 or possibly 11 ounce) preferably Haas
• 1 1/2 tsp Fresh thyme leaves (or possibly 1/2 tsp. crumbled dry thyme)
• 2 Tbsp. Extra virgin olive oil plus
• 2 tsp Extra virgin olive oil
• 1/3 c. Whole or possibly minced toasted almonds

Instructions

1. In a heavy medium saucepan, heat butter over low heat.
2. Add in onion and cook, stirring, for 7 min, or possibly till softened.
3. Add in rice and saute/fry over medium heat, stirring, for 2 min.
4. Add in warm water and stir once.
5. Add in bay leaf, salt, and a healthy pinch of grnd pepper.
6. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer rice over low heat, without stirring, for 18 to 20 min or possibly till it is tender and the liquid is absorbed.
7. Throw away bay leaf.
8. Dice bell pepper.
9. A short time before serving, peel, pit, and dice avocado.
10. Add in thyme, red pepper, oil, and avocado to rice and stir gently with a fork.
11. Gently stir in about half the toasted almonds.
12. Taste rice, adjust seasoning, and transfer rice gently to a serving dish.
13. Sprinkle with remaining almonds.
14. This recipe serves 4.
15. Comments: Rice with a garnish of toasted nuts is a Sephardic dish for festive occasions.
16. This colorful version also features roasted red bell peppers as well as avocado cubes, and can play the double role of warm dish or possibly salad.
17. A major crop in Israel, avocado from the Jewish state is exported in large quantities to Europe.