Pineapple Lemon Rice

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained and juice reserved
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon peel
• 3/4 cup brown rice, uncooked
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 add water to pineapple juice to equal 1 3/4 cups and place in a medium saucepan. add lemon peel. bring to a boil over medium heat.
• 2 stir rice into saucepan. when juice returns to a boil, cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 40 minutes, until most of the liquid has cooked out.
• 3 stir in pineapple, vanilla extract, and brown sugar. mix well, cover and continue to cook 10 minutes more. let stand, covered until serving time.
• 4 serve warm.