Best 10 Wild Rice With Dried Cranberries Recipes

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.

SLOW-COOKER WILD RICE WITH 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.

CRANBERRY-WILD RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°. Grease square baking dish, 8x8x2 inches. Place wild rice in wire strainer. Run cold water through rice, lifting rice with fingers to clean thoroughly.
• Heat wild rice and water to boiling in 2-quart saucepan, stirring occasionally; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 30 minutes; drain.
• Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook onion and mushrooms in butter, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender. Mix wild rice and onion mixture in baking dish. Mix broth, salt and garlic; pour over rice mixture.
• Cover and bake 1 1/4 hours. Stir in cranberries. Cover and bake 15 to 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.

WILD RICE WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Start both the Wild and White Rice per the box instructions in the same pot. In a saute pan heat 3T olive oil and add the onions, fennel, herbs, salt and pepper. Cook for 10 minutes on medium heat. Add the dried cranberries. Warm for 5 minutes and set aside. When the rice is done, add the onion/fennel mixture to the rice, mix and 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.

WILD RICE PILAF WITH CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a heavy ovenproof casserole, heat the butter or oil. Add the celery and onion and saute over medium heat until tender. Stir in the mushrooms and cranberries and saute until softened.
• Stir in the wild rice and the stock. Bring to a simmer and season with salt and pepper.
• Put in the oven and bake one hour and 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside, covered, for 15 minutes before serving.

WILD RICE WITH MUSHROOMS, CRANBERRIES AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Bring two medium pots salted water to a boil over high heat. Add wild rice to one and wheat berries to another, reduce heat to medium, and cook until tender, 30 to 35 minutes for wild rice and 20 to 25 minutes for wheat berries.
• While grains cook, put cranberries in small bowl, and cover with hot water. Soak 15 minutes, drain, and chop. Set aside.
• Heat canola oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, and sauté, stirring frequently, until mushrooms soften and begin to release their liquid, 8 to 10 minutes. Season lightly with salt and pepper, and transfer to a warm serving bowl. Stir in walnuts, shallots, parsley and cranberries.
• When grains are tender, drain them, and add them to bowl. Drizzle with walnut oil, and toss gently. Taste and add salt and pepper if necessary. Serve warm or at room temperature.

WILD RICE STUFFING WITH HAZELNUTS AND DRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Melt 1/2 cup butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic and sauté until tender, about 4 minutes. Add chicken broth. Bring to boil. Add wild rice. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Mix in brown rice; cover and simmer until rice is just tender and most liquid is absorbed, about 30 minutes longer.
• Stir cranberries, parsley and thyme into rice. Cover and cook until liquid is absorbed, about 5 minutes longer. Mix in hazelnuts and green onions. Season generously with salt and pepper.
• To bake stuffing in turkey:
• Loosely fill main cavity with stuffing. Butter ceramic baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 30 minutes.
• To bake all of stuffing in baking dish:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 15x10x2-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Cover dish with buttered foil, buttered side down; bake stuffing until heated through, about 40 minutes.

WILD RICE WITH 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.

CROCK POT WILD RICE WITH CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except almonds and cranberries in a crock pot.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours or until wild rice is tender.
• Meanwhile, cook almonds in ungreased heavy skillet over medium-low heat for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently until they start to brown, then stir constantly until golden brown; set aside.
• When rice is tender, stir almonds and cranberries into rice mixture in crock pot.
• Cover and continue cooking on LOW for 15 minutes.