Best 7 Wild Rice With Dried Blueberries Recipes

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Wild rice with dried blueberries can be a unique and flavorful side dish or a hearty main course. This article explores a variety of recipes that showcase the perfect balance of nutty wild rice and sweet, tangy dried blueberries. Whether you prefer a simple and rustic dish or a more elaborate and sophisticated creation, our curated collection provides options for every taste and skill level. From classic pilafs and salads to creamy risottos and hearty casseroles, discover the best recipes that bring out the distinctive flavors and textures of wild rice and dried blueberries.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

WILD RICE WITH DRIED BLUEBERRIES



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I love the combination of rice and fruit, so this is a go-to Thanksgiving side dish at my house. I toss in mushrooms and toasted almonds to enhance the flavor. You can also include dried cherries or cranberries if you like. -Janie Colle, Hutchinson, Kansas

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Side Dishes

Time 3h30m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 tablespoons butter
8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms
3 cups uncooked wild rice
8 green onions, sliced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) vegetable broth
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
1 cup dried blueberries

Steps:

  • In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add mushrooms; cook and stir 4-5 minutes or until tender. In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine rice, mushrooms, onions, salt and pepper. Pour broth over rice mixture. Cook, covered, on low 3-4 hours or until rice is tender. Stir in pecans and blueberries. Cook, covered, 15 minutes longer or until heated through. If desired, top with additional sliced green onions.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 199 calories, Fat 7g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 4mg cholesterol, Sodium 163mg sodium, Carbohydrate 31g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 6g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

WILD RICE WITH MUSHROOMS



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Provided by Kardea Brown

Categories     side-dish

Time 1h15m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 medium onion, diced
2 1/2 cups wild rice
5 cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon olive oil
8 ounces white button mushrooms, sliced
8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, sliced with tough stems removed
2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
2 cloves garlic, minced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Steps:

  • Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large saucepot over medium heat. Add the onion and saute until translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the rice and toast while stirring until it begins to smell nutty, about 1 minute. Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover and cook on low until the water is absorbed, about 40 minutes.
  • While the rice is cooking, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon butter along with the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the button mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms and thyme and cook, stirring often until they begin to brown, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic, season with salt and pepper and cook until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute more.
  • When the rice is cooked, fluff with a fork and gently fold in the mushrooms. Add to a serving bowl and sprinkle with the parsley before serving.

WILD RICE WITH DRIED BLUEBERRIES



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I love the combination of rice and fruit, so this is a go-to Thanksgiving side dish at my house. I toss in mushrooms and toasted almonds to enhance the flavor. You can also include dried cherries or cranberries if you'd like. -Janie Colle, Hutchinson, Kansas

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Side Dishes

Time 3h30m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 tablespoons butter
8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms
3 cups uncooked wild rice
8 green onions, sliced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) vegetable broth
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
1 cup dried blueberries

Steps:

  • In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add mushrooms; cook and stir 4-5 minutes or until tender. In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine rice, mushrooms, onions, salt and pepper. Pour broth over rice mixture. Cook, covered, on low 3-4 hours or until rice is tender. Stir in pecans and blueberries. Cook, covered, 15 minutes longer or until heated through. If desired, top with additional sliced green onions.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 199 calories, Fat 7g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 4mg cholesterol, Sodium 163mg sodium, Carbohydrate 31g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 6g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

BLUEBERRY WILD RICE



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Make and share this Blueberry Wild Rice recipe from Food.com.

Provided by luvinlif2k

Categories     Dessert

Time 35m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cup wild rice
3/4 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
3 cups water
2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
1 dash cinnamon

Steps:

  • Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and cook 30 minutes or until rice is tender. Serve hot, as a side dish, or serve cool for dessert topped with whipped cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 158.4, Fat 0.5, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 6.6, Carbohydrate 33.9, Fiber 3.1, Sugar 3.7, Protein 6.1

SLOW-COOKER WILD RICE WITH CRANBERRIES



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Create a new side with this festive rice dish. The slow cooker makes it easy.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Side Dish

Time 5h30m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 1/2 cups uncooked wild rice
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 medium green onions, sliced (1/4 cup)
2 cans (14 ounces each) vegetable broth
1 can (4 ounces) sliced mushrooms, undrained
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1/3 cup dried cranberries

Steps:

  • In 2- to 3 1/2-quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients except almonds and cranberries.
  • Cover and cook on low heat setting 4 to 5 hours or until wild rice is tender.
  • In ungreased heavy skillet, cook almonds over medium-low heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently until browning begins, then stirring constantly until golden brown and fragrant; set aside. Stir almonds and cranberries into rice mixture. Cover and cook on low heat setting 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 260, Carbohydrate 45 g, Cholesterol 5 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 5 g, Protein 9 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 900 mg

WILD RICE AND BERRIES WITH POPPED RICE



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As delicious simmered until tender as it is popped until puffy and crisp, real hand-harvested wild rice, available from a few vendors online, is unlike any commercial paddy rice. Nutty and woodsy, it cooks in half the time of commercial wild rice and tastes of the piney forests and clear northern lakes. In the Anishinaabe language, wild rice is "manoomin," or "good berry," and is served at many ceremonies in the Great Lakes region, from holiday celebrations to weddings and funerals. I often garnish this dish with fresh or dried ramp leaves, depending on the time of year, but chive stems or sliced scallions are a simple substitute. Top with roasted turnips and winter squash or serve with sautéed vegetables, roast meat or pan-seared fish.

Provided by Sean Sherman

Categories     dinner, grains and rice, side dish

Time 1h

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 1/4 cups long-grain wild rice (about 8 ounces), rinsed (see Note)
1/2 cup mixed dried berries (any combination of cranberries, blueberries or sour cherries)
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1/4 cup whole hazelnuts, crushed
2 tablespoons hazelnut oil
Fine sea salt
Whole chive stems (or scallions, thinly sliced on the diagonal), for garnish

Steps:

  • Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a large saucepan, bring 5 cups water to a boil over high. Stir in 1 cup wild rice along with the dried berries and maple syrup. Once the mixture comes back to a boil, reduce the heat so the liquid is just simmering, cover and cook until the grains begin to open, 20 to 40 minutes, checking doneness after about 20 minutes. (The rice is done when it has opened slightly, is tender and has quadrupled in size.)
  • Drain the excess liquid from the rice. (The cloudy cooking liquid tastes sweet and nutty and can be sipped on its own, reserved for use in the roast turkey with berry-mint sauce and black walnuts, or used as a stock substitute.)
  • Meanwhile, toast the hazelnuts: Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Arrange the hazelnuts in a single layer on a baking sheet and toast them until the skin blisters and cracks, and they begin to smell nutty, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the nuts to a clean dish towel and massage them aggressively to remove most of the skins. Crush the nuts directly in the towel using the flat side of a knife or the bottom of a small, heavy frying pan.
  • Add the remaining 1/4 cup rice to a dry medium skillet and cook the rice over high heat, shaking the pan, until it begins to darken and about half of the kernels have popped, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
  • Drizzle the boiled rice with the hazelnut oil and season to taste with salt. Divide among bowls and garnish with the popped rice, hazelnuts and chives.

CRANBERRY WILD RICE



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Nuts are a wonderful source of protein and nutrition so I look for ways to add them to all of my dishes. The addition of cranberries in this recipe makes it perfect for fall.-Dawn Bryant, Thedford, Nebraska

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Side Dishes

Time 1h5m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 cups water
3/4 cup uncooked wild rice
1 small red onion, chopped
1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 238 calories, Fat 6g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 1mg sodium, Carbohydrate 42g carbohydrate (11g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 6g protein.

Tips:

  • Choose the right type of wild rice. There are two main types of wild rice: long-grain and short-grain. Long-grain wild rice is more common and has a nutty flavor. Short-grain wild rice is less common and has a chewier texture.
  • Rinse the wild rice thoroughly before cooking. This will remove any dirt or debris from the rice.
  • Use a large pot to cook the wild rice. Wild rice expands as it cooks, so it's important to use a pot that is large enough to accommodate the expansion.
  • Bring the wild rice to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer until the rice is tender. This will take about 45 minutes to an hour.
  • Add dried blueberries and other desired ingredients to the wild rice during the last 10 minutes of cooking. This will allow the blueberries to plump up and the flavors to meld.
  • Fluff the wild rice with a fork before serving. This will help to separate the grains of rice and make it light and fluffy.

Conclusion:

Wild rice with dried blueberries is a delicious and healthy side dish that can be enjoyed with a variety of main courses. It's also a great way to use up leftover wild rice. Whether you're looking for a simple side dish or a more complex dish, wild rice with dried blueberries is a great option.

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