Best Wild Rice N Bread Dressing Recipes

MINNESOTA WILD RICE DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare instant long grain and wild rice according to package directions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Place ground pork sausage and ground sage pork sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, and set aside. Cook and stir celery, onion, mushrooms, and water chestnuts in the skillet until browned and tender. Season with garlic powder.
• Mix prepared rice, sausage, celery mixture, and eggs in the prepared baking dish. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned.

WILD RICE DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook rice as directed on box, using water, 2 tablespoons butter and 3/4 teaspoon salt.
• Meanwhile, in 12-inch nonstick skillet, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Cook onion and celery in butter 5 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender.
• Add cooked rice, broth, apricots, cranberries, thyme, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the pepper to skillet; stir to combine. Cook about 3 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat; stir in almonds and parsley.

WILD RICE 'N' BREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the celery, onion and carrot in oil until tender. Stir in the parsley, bouillon, garlic powder, marjoram, rosemary, sage, pepper and poultry seasoning. Add the broth; heat through., In a large bowl, combine bread cubes and wild rice. Stir in broth mixture; toss to coat. Transfer to a greased shallow 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. , Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until heated through.

WILD RICE AND APPLE DRESSING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or rice cooker, combine the brown rice and water. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Set a timer for 20 minutes. When that time is up, stir in the instant wild rice. Continue to simmer, covered, until the rice is tender and water has been absorbed, 10 to 15 more minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread the bread cubes over a baking sheet and season with sage, thyme, and garlic powder. Bake for 10 minutes, or until bread is lightly toasted and spices are fragrant. Set aside to cool slightly. Leave the oven on.
• In a large bowl, toss the bread cubes with the celery, carrot, onion, and apples. Stir in the rice until evenly distributed. Pour into a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Pour the chicken broth evenly over the top. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until heated through. Remove the aluminum foil and bake an additional 10 minutes if you like a crispy top.

WILD RICE BREAD DRESSING WITH APPLE, NUTS, CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Put dried cranberries into a small bowl, add liqueur (substitute orange juice, if you prefer).
• Let soak for an hour, then drain excess liqueur (save to deglaze a pan).
• Meanwhile, put wild rice into a saucepan, add water to cover the rice by about an inch.
• Bring to a boil, immediately reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer until tender, and most of the grains have popped open, approximately 40-60 minutes.
• Pour the rice into a colander and drain well.
• Heat oven to 350F degrees.
• Butter a 13x9 inch baking dish.
• In a medium skillet melt the butter over medium-low heat.
• Add the onion and celery, cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Scrape the mixture into a large bowl.
• Stir in the orange zest.
• Add the cooked wild rice, cranberries, bread cubes, apple, sage, parsley and pecans.
• Stir to combine.
• Pour in the orange juice and broth.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir to blend, bread cubes should be evenly moistened. Some of the broth may pool at the bottom of the bowl but, will get absorbed as the dressing cooks; or if mixture is too dry add a little more broth it depends on how dry the bread was).
• Pour the dressing mixture into the baking dish.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake until hot throughout, about 50 minutes.
• Remove foil and continue to bake until dressing is crusty on top, another 15-20 minutes.

WILD RICE AND CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• In a 3-quart saucepan, bring 3 cups water to a boil.
• Stir in wild rice and 1 teaspoon salt.
• Return to a boil, cover, and simmer over low heat 50 minutes.
• Drain in a large coarse sieve.
• In a 12-inch skillet over medium heat, melt butter.
• Add celery, onions and garlic; sauté, stirring, for 10 minutes or until softened.
• Add cooked wild rice and stuffing mix or cornbread; heat through, stirring.
• Add broth, parsley and salt and pepper to taste.
• Spread evenly in a 9" x 13" glass baking dish, and cover tightly with aluminum foil.
• (Dressing may be prepared up to 6 hours ahead and refrigerated.) Bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.
• Serve hot.