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Recipes

Rice-Stuffed California Avocados

Author: Source: California Avocado Commission
Issue: June, 2008, Page 206
Yields: 6 servings

Ingredients

2 Tbs. butter
1/2 cup regular rice
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
1 cup boiling chicken stock 
or 1 chicken bouillon cube dissolved in 1 cup boiling water
1/2  tsp. salt
1 egg beaten
1 cup grated aged cheddar cheese
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
3 medium avocados
1/2 cup fine dry breadcrumbs
2 Tbs. melted butter
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Instructions

Heat 2 tablespoons butter in medium saucepan. Add rice and cook until golden, stirring as it’s cooked. Add onion and celery and continue cooking gently for three minutes, stirring. Add chicken stock and salt, cover and simmer 20 minutes or until rice is tender (if rice is still very moist, cook with cover off for a few minutes). Remove from heat. Stir egg, cheese and Worcestershire sauce together with a fork, and mix into the rice along with the parsley. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cut avocados in half, remove pits and put avocado halves in a shallow baking pan. Add 1/4 inch hot water to the pan. Spoon rice mixture into hollows of avocados. Combine breadcrumbs and melted butter and sprinkle over rice mixture. Bake 20 minutes or until crumbs are browned and avocados are hot.