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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Wild Rice Salad


As you can see from the posts in the last month or two, we've been eating a lot of salads this summer.    The other morning before he left for work, my husband asked what was for dinner.  I said that I had no idea and asked what he'd like to have (aren't I nice??)  He answered, "some sort of salad with wild rice" and he got what he wanted!  

I saw this awhile back on Simply Recipes and made the recipe exactly like it was posted on Elise's blog.  I bought some roasted turkey to add and forgot to add it . . . maybe next time.  Shredded rotisserie chicken would also probably work well in this salad if you wanted more protein.  I didn't think it would be as spectacular as it was but the combination of flavors and textures and the sesame oil made it sort of addicting.  We polished off a half recipe between the two of us!

Wild Rice Salad (8-10 side dish servings)

1 cup long grain rice
1 cup wild rice
4 cups chicken broth (or water or veg broth)
4 stalks celery, sliced
8 green onions, sliced
2 cups thawed frozen peas
1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
3/4 cup dried cranberries
salt and pepper

1/4 c. olive oil
2 T red wine vinegar
1 tsp sugar (ok, I lied - I left the sugar out)
2 T dark sesame oil

Put the broth (or water) in a medium saucepan.  Add the rice and wild rice, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover.  Let cook for 40 minutes.  Remove from heat and cool completely.

Whisk together the olive oil, red wine vinegar, sugar and sesame oil.

In a large bowl, gently mixed together the cooled cooked rice, dressing, and other ingredients.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Chill completely before serving.

1 comment:

  1. Ok, as for our dual project, what do you say about a pasta dish? You come up with the recipe, we agree, then we choose the same day to make it and post. Sound like a plan? We'll have links to each others results.

    Maybe the day before, or even a few days before, we announce the project.

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