If you are looking for a new way to serve rice, this is such a great side dish!
Don’t wait to serve it with fancy holiday turkey dinners,
because it’s great with any weeknight Roast Chicken!
You probably have most of the ingredients in your own pantry right now,
which makes this an easy side dish to make!
Simple. Every day festive. Comforting.
Wild Rice, Raisin & Apple Stuffing
3/4 cup uncooked wild rice (you can use brown rice too)
2 bay leaves
4 cups of water
3 tbsp butter or margarine
1/2 cup celery, chopped
1/3 cup onion, chopped
1 apple, cut into small chunks (smaller than bitesize)
1/3 cup raisins (or cranberries, or a mixture of the two)
1 tsp sage
1 tsp thyme
salt & pepper
- In a pot, simmer your rice, water and bay leaves until the rice is fully cooked. (About 45 minutes for wild rice.) When the rice is done, drain any remaining water, and remove the bay leaves. Set aside.
- In the meantime, in a frying pan, cook the celery and onion in the butter until tender. Then add to the rice.
- Add the sage, thyme, salt & pepper, apple chunks and raisins. Mix well.
Options:
- Brown rice works well for this recipe too.
- I like to add all kinds of extras to this dish. I usually add apples, raisins and chickpeas. But you can add any kind of ingredients you like, such as chickpeas, pine nuts, cranberries, chopped dried apricot. It’s really versatile!
- Serve as a side with Roasted Chicken!
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Hey I actually Dooo have most of these ingredients in my pantry..this is rare haha! What a perfect little sounding meal
This looks and sounds delicious. You’re so right, this could be good for weeknight side dish…I don’t think I need to stuff this anywhere beside straight to my tummy! hahaha….thanks for sharing.
This sounds delicious, Jo-anna! I am always looking for new rice ideas. I like the look of this dish. Thanks!
I could eat it like that! mm mm!
You’re right – I have most of the ingredients already (yahoo!). Great way to fancy up my brown rice a bit, thanks!
This sounds absolutely delicious, and so autumnal! Thanks so much for linking up to my party.