Wild Rice Cranberry And Cornbread Stuffing Recipes

WILD RICE CRANBERRY AND CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp, remove and set aside.
• Add butter to pan and melt.
• Add onions, celery and mushrooms. Saute for 8 to 10 minutes until vegetables are tender.
• Add cranberries and chicken broth. Bring to boil, then remove from heat.
• Add corn bread, cooked wild rice, pecans and bacon.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Roast inside turkey or in casserole dish (about 30 minutes at 350 degrees).

CRANBERRY WILD RICE DRESSING

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine rice, chicken stock, and seasoning blend and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let rest for 5 minutes or until stock is absorbed. Stir in remaining ingredients and serve warm.

CRANBERRY-PECAN WILD RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and butter a 2-quart baking dish. Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft but not brown, about 10 minutes. Add the thyme and a pinch each of salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute more. Remove from the heat and transfer to a large bowl.
• Add the rice, parsley, pecans, cranberries and apricots to the onion mixture and toss well. Season with salt and pepper. Evenly spread in the prepared baking dish and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle the top with parsley.

WILD RICE, WALNUT, AND CRANBERRY DRESSING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden brown, about 8 minutes. Add garlic; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Season generously with salt and pepper.
• Add 3 cups water; bring to a boil. Stir in wild-rice blend. Return to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer. Cover; cook over low heat until rice has absorbed all liquid, about 30 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Transfer rice to a large bowl. Stir in walnuts, cranberries, and parsley; season again with salt and pepper. Serve immediately, or hold at room temperature for up to 5 hours.

WILD RICE STUFFING WITH APPLES, PECANS AND CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Combine the wild rice with 4 1/2 cups stock or water in one saucepan and the brown rice with 1 1/2 cups stock or water in another smaller saucepan. Add salt to taste and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer the brown rice for 35 to 40 minutes, until the rice is tender and all of the liquid has been absorbed. Turn off the heat, place a clean kitchen towel over the pot and return the lid. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes. Simmer the wild rice for 40 to 50 minutes, until the grains have begun to splay. Drain through a strainer if there is liquid in the pot, and return to the pot. Place a clean kitchen towel over the pot and return the lid. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
• While the grains are cooking, prepare the remaining ingredients. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large, heavy skillet and add the onion. Cook, stirring often, until the onion begins to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the celery and a generous pinch of salt, and continue to cook until the onion is completely tender, another 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook, stirring, until it is fragrant, another 30 to 60 seconds. Remove from the heat and transfer to a large bowl. Add the cooked grains and stir together.
• Return the skillet to the stove and heat over medium-high heat. Add the butter, and when the foam subsides add the apples. Cook, stirring or tossing in the pan, until lightly colored, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and add to the bowl with the grains. Add the remaining ingredients and stir together. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to a lightly oiled or buttered baking dish and cover with foil.
• Warm the stuffing in a 325-degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes before serving.

CRANBERRY-WILD RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Place wild rice in a saucepan and pour over just enough boiling water to cover. Set aside, covered, for one hour. Drain rice. Add fresh boiling water to cover by half an inch, and the bay leaf. Bring to a simmer and cook gently until rice is soft but not mushy, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain well, discard bay leaf, and set aside.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 2-quart gratin dish or a 9x13 baking dish if not stuffing into a turkey.
• Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a sauté pan over medium heat and gently cook the onions until soft, about 7 minutes. Remove skins from sausages and add sausage meat to the pan with the onions. Raise the heat to medium-high and cook, crumbling the sausage with a fork, until it is browned. Remove from the heat and stir in the wild rice.
• Rinse cranberries, picking them over and discarding any that are spoiled. Chop them roughly or process them briefly in a food processor. Add to the sausage-rice mixture and mix well. Add salt, pepper and sage if using and stir to combine. Taste for seasoning.
• Either stuff into a turkey or pour into the prepared dish. Cut the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter into small pieces and dot the top. Cover the dish with foil. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes, or until the top is lightly golden. Serve warm.

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.

CRANBERRY WILD RICE DRESSING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first 10 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45-50 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Stir in cranberry sauce. , Spoon into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated through. If dressing is stuffed into poultry, bake until a thermometer reads 180° for poultry and 165° for dressing.

APPLE-CRANBERRY CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Pour 2 cups hot water over dried cranberries and let stand until rehydrated, about 20 minutes. Drain.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a large baking dish.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a pot over medium-high heat. Saute apples, celery, and onion in the hot butter until light brown and softened, 5 to 7 minutes, adding cranberries during the last few minutes.
• Transfer sauteed mixture to a large bowl. Add stuffing mix, chicken stock, melted butter, poultry seasoning, sage, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Mix well. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and set, 20 to 30 minutes.

CORNBREAD, WILD RICE AND SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Sweat vegetables until tender in 1 tbsp butter.
• Make package of rice according to directions on box.
• Remove vegetables to a bowl and then brown sausage in pan until no longer pink.
• put 2 cans of chicken broth and stick of butter into a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil.
• Empty cornbread stuffing mix into large bowl.
• Pour chicken broth mixture over cornbread mixture, toss with fork until liquid is absorbed.
• 7. Toss in rice, celery, onions, and sausage and mix until combined.
• 8. Add poultry seasoning and sage to taste.

CRANBERRY PECAN BROWN RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Prepare rice according to package directions.
• In a medium microwave safe bowl, mix cranberries and orange peel with chicken stock and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Set aside. Heat a large sauce pan over high heat and add margarine.
• Stir in celery, shallot and poultry seasoning and saute 3 minutes. Stir in cranberry mixture, pecans, parsley and rice and cook over medium heat for 3 more minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.

WILD RICE, APPLE, AND DRIED-CRANBERRY STUFFING

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan, then add rice and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Reduce heat to low and cook, covered, until rice is tender and most grains are split open, 1 to 1 1/4 hours (not all liquid will be absorbed). Drain well in a colander and spread out in a baking pan to cool completely.
• Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spread bread cubes in a shallow baking pan and bake in upper third of oven until dry, about 20 minutes.
• Melt 1 stick butter in a large nonstick skillet over moderate heat, then cook onion and celery, stirring, until softened, about 8 minutes. Add apple and cook, stirring, until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in herbs, pepper, and remaining teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and toss with rice, bread, and dried cranberries.
• Increase oven temperature to 450°F and butter a shallow 3-quart baking dish (13 by 9 inches).
• Spread stuffing evenly in baking dish and drizzle with turkey stock and melted butter. Bake, covered tightly with foil, in upper third of oven until heated through, about 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake until top is browned, 10 to 15 minutes more.