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Asparagus Crab Pilaf Recipe


Asparagus  Crab Pilaf Recipe
Eating Well had an article on Rice Farmers. This is a slightly amended version of a dish they featured. Just add a fresh green salad and iced tea (or crisp pinot grigio) and you're in foodie heaven.

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Ingredients
  • 2 sm leeks or 1 lg leek, white & pale green parts only, cut in half, rinsed well and sliced into thin slices (rinse again if they’re extremely gritty)
  • 1 TB butter
  • 2 shallots, minced
  • 1 ½ C brown basmati rice, rinsed
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp fresh ground pepper
  • 3 C clam juice, seafood broth or vegetable broth
  • 1 LB fresh asparagus, trimmed, cut on angle into 1” pieces
  • 1 LB lump crab meat (I use king crab leg meat and it works just fine!)
  • 2 TB minced fresh tarragon or dill (depends on your taste preference)
  • 1 lemon, cut into wedges to serve with pilaf

Directions
  1. -Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. -Melt butter in large oven-proof skillet (or you can use a decorative oven-to-table dish). Add leeks, and shallots sauté, stirring often, until softened – about 4-5 minutes.
  3. -Add rice, stirring frequently until the grains become well-coated and translucent – approximately 1-2 minutes.
  4. -Pour in broth and bring to simmer, stirring up any browned bits from pan. Cover pan (foil tightly if you don’t have a lid) and put in the oven. Bake 30-40 minutes. (check at 30)
  5. -Remove pan from oven, and evenly distribute the crab and asparagus over the top of the rice, replace the cover and continue baking the rice until the rice and asparagus are tender – about 15 minutes.
  6. -Remove pan from oven, uncover, stir in your tarragon (or dill) and fluff the pilaf. Serve with lemon wedges.
  7. Nutrition:
  8. 233 calories
  9. 4g fat (1g sat, .8g mono)
  10. 45mg cholesterol
  11. 3.5g fiber
  12. 750mg sodium
  13. 533mg potassium
  14. 18g protein
  15. Bonus nutrition: Vitamin A (27% daily value), Vitamin B12 (144% dv) (Iron (25% dv), vitamin C (33% dv)

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Comments


Very nice.


This sounds very tasty. Good post!


Sounds great!


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