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Pumpkin Rice with Apricots

Surprise your guests with this colorful dish. It's a great way to use fresh pumpkin. Chopped apricots add a bit of sweetness to what is sure to become a holiday favorite.

Pumpkin Rice with Apricots Ingredients

½ cup uncooked white rice
1 ¾ cups water, divided
¼ cup butter
1 cup chopped onions
6 cups peeled, seeded and diced sugar pumpkin
1 cup chopped dried apricots
1 teaspoon salt

Pumpkin Rice with Apricots Cook Instructions

Prep40m

Cook30m

Ready In70m

Servings6 servings

In a saucepan bring 1 cup water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and stir in the onions. Slowly cook and stir onions until soft. Mix in the pumpkin, apricots, salt and 3/4 cup water. Cook 20 minutes.
Mix rice into the pumpkin mixture. Continue cooking 10 minutes, or until pumpkin is tender.

Pumpkin Rice with Apricots Nutritions

Calories: 216.8 calories
Carbohydrate: 35.9 g
Cholesterol: 20.3 mg
Fat: 8 g
Fiber: 2.8 g
Protein: 3.4 g
SaturatedFat: 5 g
Sodium: 449.3 mg
Sugar: 14.3 g

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