Spanish Rice with Avocado

Recipe Cuisine: Rice/grains
Recipe Category: Rice/grains
Recipe Serves: 6

Recipes Ingredients:

1 tb Butter or margerine
1/4 ts Dried oregano, crushed
1 tb Olive oil
1/4 ts Ground cumin
1 sm Onion, finely chopped
1/4 ts Ground tumeric
1 Clove garlic, finely minced
1 cn 14 1/2 oz Chicken broth, or
1 c Uncooked Rice (I used
-1 3/4 Chicken stock
-basmati) 1
sm Avocado
1/4 ts Salt

Recipe Instructions:

Place Butter and oil in 2-quart pan over medium heat. When Butter is melted, add onion and garlic; cook until onion is tender. Add rice; cook, stirring constantly, 3 minutes or until Rice looks milky and opaque. Add salt, oregano, cumin, tumeric, and Chicken broth. Bring to a boil. cover; reduce heat and simmer 20-25 minutes or until Rice is tender and all liquid is absorbed. Peel and pit avocado; dice. Fluff up Rice with fork; add avocado and toss gently. Turn off heat; let stand 5 minutes before serving. NOTES: I have also made this with peeled, seeded, diced tomatoes instead of avocado. Source: Internet Cooking Conference Courtesy of: Joann Pierce