Toasted Pecan Rice

Preheat oven to 400ºF.

Melt butter in a small sauce pan. Add chopped pecans into the melted butter and mix to coat. Spread coated pecans on a lined cookie sheet and toast for a few minutes. Do not rinse the pan, you will be using it for the rice. The pecans will begin to give off an amazing aroma, this means they are done. Dump the hot chopped pecans onto a couple of layered paper towels and let cool.

Cook rice as directed on the packaging, using chicken broth instead of water in the small sauce pan. You can change the servings of rice according to package directions.

When rice is cooked, stir in the toasted pecans and serve with my “Gourmet” Salmon, found here on Tasty Kitchen or on the related blog post.