Minnesota Real Wild Rice Stuffing Food

MINNESOTA REAL WILD RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Bring 8 cups chicken broth and wild rice to a boil in a saucepan; reduce heat and simmer until rice is partially tender, about 30 minutes.
• Mix partially-cooked wild rice with chicken broth, cranberry-walnut bread, 1 cup chicken broth, celery, water chestnuts, pecans, pine nuts, onion, apple, apricots, and garlic together in a slow cooker.
• Cook on Low until wild rice has softened and split, at least 40 more minutes.

WILD RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Boil cut up giblets and neck until tender.
• Save the water.
• Grind giblets and shredded neck meat and place in a large bowl (I use the roasting pan).
• Chop onion and celery and saute in the butter until tender.
• Add to the giblet meat.
• Break up the French bread and add the chunks to the giblets, onion and celery.
• Pour boiling water over the wild rice and drain.
• Do not skip this step.
• Add the drained wild rice to the mixture in the bowl.
• Add enough giblet water to moisten.
• Add the spices and one egg.
• Knead the mixture until well blended, adding more spices and/or giblet water as needed.
• Refrigerate overnight and stuff mixture into turkey just before ready to roast.
• May be cooked separately covered with foil for about an hour to an hour and a half in a 325 degree oven.

WILD RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spread almonds on a baking pan, and toast until golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove pan from oven, and set almonds aside to cool.
• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large saute pan set over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 7 minutes.
• Increase heat to high, and add rosemary and sage; season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking until vegetables are golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove pan from heat; stir in parsley. Transfer vegetables to a large bowl, and set aside. Return pan to heat.
• Crumble sausage, separating meat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to saute pan. Add sausage, and cook, stirring and breaking up meat until well browned, 2 1/2 to 3 minutes. Transfer sausage to bowl with reserved vegetables. Return pan to heat.
• Add remaining tablespoon olive oil to pan. Add apple, and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Add Calvados. Using a wooden spoon, scrape up any brown bits on bottom of pan. Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 1 minute.
• Remove pan from heat, and transfer mixture to bowl with sausage and vegetables. Add wild and white rice, apricots, prunes, and reserved toasted almonds. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a buttered baking dish and bake at 375 degrees until browned and heated through.

MINNESOTA WILD RICE DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare instant long grain and wild rice according to package directions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Place ground pork sausage and ground sage pork sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, and set aside. Cook and stir celery, onion, mushrooms, and water chestnuts in the skillet until browned and tender. Season with garlic powder.
• Mix prepared rice, sausage, celery mixture, and eggs in the prepared baking dish. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned.

TRADITIONAL RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add water, dill weed, poultry seasoning, parsley, ground black pepper, chicken bouillon, and rice; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until water is absorbed and rice is just slightly undercooked, 12 to 14 minutes. Stir, taste, and adjust seasonings if desired. Cool completely before using to stuff a chicken.

MINNESOTA WILD RICE DRESSING

Steps:

• In medium-size skillet, over medium heat, sauté bacon until almost crisp.
• Add onion, celery and mushrooms; continue cooking until vegetables are tender.
• In large bowl combine bacon mixture, wild rice, bread crumbs, sausage, oregano and sage.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper if desired.
• Spoon dressing into lightly greased 2-quart casserole dish.
• Bake, covered, at 325 degrees F 35-40 minutes.