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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (165g) Recipe makes 6 servings
Calories 436
Calories from Fat 60		(13%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 6.8g	10%
	Saturated Fat 2.9g	14%
	Monounsaturated Fat 2.8g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.6g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 10mg		3%
Sodium 32mg		1%
Potassium 225mg		6%
Total Carbohydrate 84.1g		28%
	Dietary Fiber 3.3g	13%
	Sugars 2.3g
Protein 8.3g		16%
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2bleu's Lemony Rice With Peas (Risi E Bisi)

Recipe #300231 | 10 min | 5 min prep | add private note

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By: 2Bleu (Bird&Buddha)
Apr 23, 2008

This side dish is a light, refreshing, and a wonderful accompiniment to broiled fish or meat. It is also a great use of leftovers. You can vary the nuts from walnuts, to pecans, pine nuts or even sunflower seeds.

SERVES 6 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
6 green onions, thinly sliced
3 cups rice, cooked
1 cup peas, cooked (frozen or shelled fresh)
2 lemons, juice and zest of
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
salt, to taste
black pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons walnuts, toasted and chopped fine (optional)

Directions

1
Heat butter and oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add all but 2 tablespoons green onions; sauté 30 seconds.
2
Add rice and sauté until heated through, about 4 minutes.
3
Add peas, lemon juice, zest, parsley, and salt and pepper. Sauté 2 minutes to blend flavors.
4
Garnish with remaining green onions and optional chopped walnuts and serve immediately.

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From: La Dilettante

On Jul 28, 2009

Absolutely delicious! The tart lemon against the sweet peas was superb, and the walnuts were indeed a good touch. Next time I'll see what almonds or pine nuts do.

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From: Pneuma

On Nov 2, 2008

This is really good. Used a pinch of dried parsley and omitted the optional walnuts as I didn't have it. The lemony taste blended well with the rest of ingredients and I considered it an extra Vit C since I'm down with the flu. Thanks, 2Bleu!

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From: GaylaV

On May 20, 2008

This is a very good rice dish. We all really enjoyed it. I used my Wok to saute in. I cut the lemon in half as my husband isn't crazy about lemon. He thought it was very good and it had enough lemon for me as well. I subbed sliced almonds for the walnuts and they were perfect. I will be making this one again. Thanks for sharing your recipe.

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From: Kumquat the Cat's friend

On Apr 25, 2008

Amazingly good! The walnuts were a really nice addition, I recommend including them. Although I ended up using juice and zest of 1 1/2 lemons, I think 2 would have been better (as per chef's recommendation). Otherwise, I cooked the rice in vegetable broth and lowered the butter and oil to 1 teaspoon each and added some dill (mmm). I did overcook the peas a bit (forgot to lower the cooking time for 1 cup of frozen peas) so they came out a bit wrinkled. This of course was not the recipe's fault. My BF is a huge fan of rice and peas (risi e bisi) so I figured he'd love this recipe, and so he did! Will definitely be making this again, it's a winner!

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