Wild Rice With Cranberries And Caramelized Onions Recipe 445 Food

CRANBERRY RICE WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil. Add the wild rice. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the brown rice; cover and simmer for 45-50 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed., In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the onions and brown sugar in butter until golden brown, stirring frequently. Add the cranberries, orange zest and rice; heat through.

CRANBERRY WILD RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring water and rice to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 50-60 minutes or until rice is tender., In a large skillet, saute the onion, cranberries and thyme in oil until onion is tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain rice if needed; stir in onion mixture and pine nuts.

WILD RICE WITH CRANBERRIES AND CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Combine chicken broth and both rices in medium saucepan.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer 45 minutes or until rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onions and brown sugar.
• Cook 6 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and onions are soft and translucent.
• Reduce heat to low and slowly cook onion, stirring often for 25 minutes or until they are caramel color.
• Stir in dried cranberries.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 5 minutes or until cranberries swell.
• Gently fold cranberry mixture and orange zest into cooked rice.

CARAMELIZED ONION RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in skillet and sauté onions until softened and lightly browned. Add garlic, sauté 1 minute.
• Add brown sugar and sauté until caramelized-looking, 3-4 minutes.
• Mix rice, broth and onion mixture and cook in rice cooker.
• Note: I like my rice slightly crunchy and not soggy so if you like yours softer add 1/4- 1/2 cup of extra broth.

MUSHROOM AND CARAMELIZED ONION WILD RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the onion in the butter and olive oil at medium heat until lightly browned and beginning to caramelize; add the mushrooms and saute another 5- 10 minutes until they have released their juices; then add the wild rice and saute another 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add the water, bouillion cubes, and pepper, stir a bit, bring to a boil, cover, turn heat down to low and simmer for 45- 60 minutes, or until the water is absorbed and the rice is quite tender.
• Check after 45 minutes; if it appears too dry, you may need to add 1/4 cup water; if too wet, cook uncovered for the remaining 15 minutes.
• This recipe is also quite good without mushrooms, provided you use at least 2 onions and add 1- 2 cloves of garlic (add garlic at the same time as the wild rice).

RICE WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Coop rice in the chicken stock either on the stove top or in a rice cooker. Set aside.
• In a pan, Fry the onions and sugar in 3tbsp butter till limp and all the liquid has evaporated.
• Cook for another 25mins till it caramelizes, stirring often.
• Dump in craisins and cover the pan for 5mins to let everything steam.
• Open the lid, and dump in your cooked rice. Toss Well.
• Turn off the heat and add the remaining 5tbsp of butter. Toss till its melted and incorporated into the rice. Serve.

WILD RICE WITH CRANBERRIES & PECANS

Steps:

• Combine the rice, barley, salt, broth and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer, partially cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender, about 40 minutes.
• If any liquid is still remaining after the rice is cooked, drain the rice.
• Heat the olive oil and saute the onion, garlic, celery and carrot until slightly soft but not brown about 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle with the salt, cover the pan, adjust the heat to med-low and cook the vegetables until crisp-tender, 5 minutes longer.
• Add the sage, thyme and parsley and saute 1 minute more.
• Remove from heat.
• Mix in the rice, the pecans and the cranberries.
• Taste and adjust the salt and pepper to taste.
• Note 1- substitutions: you can substitute any nut for the pecans (try walnuts or hazelnuts).
• You can use all wild rice or all barley.
• Note 2- this recipe was originally a stuffing recipe, but I like it as a side dish.
• You can certainly use it to stuff poultry, though.