Orphan's Rice

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter 
• 2  bacon crumbled cooked
• 1 tablespoon parsley fresh minced
• 1  garlic clove minced
• 0.3 cup ham finely chopped
• 3 cups chicken broth low-sodium
• 0.5 small onion minced
• 0.8 cup pecan halves 
• 0.3 cup pinenuts 
• 10 ounce rice yellow
• 0.5 cup slivered almonds 
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 

Equipment

• frying pan
• sauce pan

Directions

1. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.
2. Add pecan halves, almonds, and pine nuts, and saute, stirring often, 3 minutes or until almonds are light golden brown.
3. Saut onion and garlic in hot oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until tender.
4. Add rice, and saut, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
5. Add broth, and cook rice 18 minutes.
6. Remove from heat.
7. Stir in nuts, bacon, ham, and parsley. Cover and let stand 10 minutes.
8. Note: We like to use three different nuts for this recipe; however, feel free to use all the same variety.