brown rice with nuts

Even brown-rice skeptics will enjoy this textural dish full of butter-browned nuts.
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Ingredients

* 4 cups water
* 1 1/2 cups short-grain brown rice
* 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
* 1 1/4 cups mixed nuts, chopped
* 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg

Preparation

Bring water to a boil in a heavy medium saucepan. Add rice and 1/4 teaspoon salt, then reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, until rice is tender, about 40 minutes. Drain in a sieve.

Heat butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat until foam subsides. Add nuts and cook, stirring, until butter and nuts are golden brown, about 4 minutes.

Add rice and nutmeg to skillet and toss to coat.