Wild Rice Salad with Cranberries and Pecans
You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Wild Rice Salad with Cranberries and Pecans a try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 5g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 369 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour. A mixture of brown rice rice mix, green onions, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan diet. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Wild Rice Salad with Cranberries and Pecans, Wild Rice Salad with Cranberries, Apricots and Pecans, and Wild Rice and Quinoa Salad with Mushrooms, Cranberries and Pecans.
Instructions
Make the rice: Use the amount of water for the rice according to instructions on the rice package. Typically straight brown rice is a 1:2 ratio of rice to water. Straight wild rice is a ratio of 1:3 of wild rice to water. For this brown rice wild rice mix that I got from a bin (no package) I used a ratio of 1 cup of rice to 2 1/3 cups of water.
Bring rice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and water to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 50 minutes. Do not stir. Do not uncover.
Remove from stove and let sit, covered for 10 minutes.
Then uncover, fluff up with a fork, and let cool to almost room temperature.
Mix the rice with the dried cranberries, pecans, green onions: In a medium sized serving bowl, mix the rice, cranberries, pecans, and green onions together.
Make the dressing: In a separate jar, mix the lemon juice, olive oil, orange peel, and salt and pepper to taste.
Just before serving, mix dressing in with the rice mixture.
Serve warm, chilled, or room temperature.