Best Wild Rice With Cherries And Pecans Do Ahead Recipes

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CHERRY WILD RICE



Cherry Wild Rice image

A friend cooked this at our weekly poker game and it was wonderful! I made it for a few other friends and they said it was the best rice they've ever had!

Provided by TANYABOP

Categories     Side Dish     Rice Side Dish Recipes     Pilaf

Time 1h11m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 ½ cups water, divided
½ cup wild rice
¼ cup brown rice
1 cup pitted and sliced cherries
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup sliced almonds
½ cup sliced celery
⅓ cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon grated orange zest

Steps:

  • Bring 2 cups water and wild rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender, 30 to 45 minutes. Drain excess liquid, fluff rice with a fork, and cook uncovered, about 5 minutes more.
  • Bring 1/2 water and brown rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, about 45 minutes.
  • Combine cherries, brown sugar, and almonds in a large nonstick skillet; cook and stir over medium heat until brown sugar melts and coats cherries and almonds, about 6 minutes. Stir in brown rice, wild rice, celery, orange juice, red wine vinegar, and orange zest. Cook, stirring frequently, until heated through, about 5 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 294.8 calories, Carbohydrate 61.4 g, Fat 3.9 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 0.4 g, Sodium 26.2 mg, Sugar 34.5 g

WILD RICE WITH CHERRIES



Wild Rice with Cherries image

Provided by Claire Robinson

Categories     side-dish

Time 1h10m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 1/2 cups good chicken stock
1 cup wild rice, thoroughly rinsed
Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
1 cup roughly chopped dried cherries
1/2 cup toasted and roughly chopped pecans
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

Steps:

  • In a large saucepan, add the stock, wild rice and salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender and is beginning to split, about 30 to 40 minutes. Drain of any excess liquid and fold in the cherries, nuts and parsley. Taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary. Transfer the rice to a serving bowl and serve.

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