Wild Rice and Cranberry Salad

Name: Wild Rice and Cranberry Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters ounces fresh or thawed frozen cranberries; 3 green onions, rinsed and chopped (including green tops); 1 Tbsp raspberry or rice vinegar; 1 Tbsp salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps walnut or vegetable oil; 177 milliliters cup walnuts; 237 milliliters wild rice

Wild Rice and Cranberry Salad might be just the side dish you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 17g of fat, and Head to the store and pick up salt, sugar, walnuts, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegan diet.

Instructions

In a 4- to 6-quart pan, combine wild rice, salt, and 1 quart water. Bring to a boil over high heat; cover, reduce heat, and simmer until rice is tender to bite and most grains have just split open, 45 to 60 minutes.

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Wild Rice

Grains

Water

Rice

Salt

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Frying Pan

Drain in a colander and let cool.

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Colander

Meanwhile, spread walnuts in a baking pan and toast in a 325 regular or convection oven until lightly golden under skins, about 10 minutes. Coarsely chop. Sort cranberries, discarding any stems and bruised or decayed fruit; cut each cranberry in half (see notes).

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Cranberries

Walnuts

Spread

Fruit

Toast

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Baking Pan

Oven

In a 2- to 3-quart pan over medium-high heat, stir the sugar and 1/2 cup water until the sugar is dissolved and mixture boils.

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Sugar

Water

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat; stir in the halved cranberries. Gently stir occasionally until insides of cranberries have turned red but are still firm, 8 to 12 minutes (see notes).

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Cranberries

Pour through a fine strainer into a bowl, reserving the cranberry-sugar syrup.

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Simple Syrup

Cranberries

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Sieve

Bowl

In a large bowl, gently mix wild rice, cranberry halves, oil, and vinegar. Stir in 2 tablespoons cranberry syrup; taste and add up to 1/4 cup more syrup to sweeten and moisten salad as desired (reserve remaining syrup for other uses). Cover and chill for at least 4 hours or up to 1 day (see notes).

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Cranberries

Wild Rice

Vinegar