Asparagus Cashew Rice Pilaf

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 ounces uncooked spaghetti, broken
• 1/4 cup minced onion
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 1/4 cups uncooked jasmine rice
• 2 1/4 cups vegetable broth
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 lb fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1/2 cup cashew halves

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
• 2 increase heat to medium, and stir in spaghetti, cooking until coated with the melted butter and lightly browned.
• 3 stir onion and garlic into the saucepan, and cook about 2 minutes, until tender.
• 4 stir in jasmine rice, and cook about 5 minutes.
• 5 pour in vegetable broth.
• 6 season mixture with salt and pepper.
• 7 bring the mixture to a boil, cover, and cook 20 minutes, until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed.
• 8 place asparagus in a separate medium saucepan with enough water to cover.
• 9 bring to a boil, and cook until tender but firm.
• 10 mix asparagus and cashew halves into the rice mixture, and serve warm.