This Wild Rice Recipe is the perfect accompaniment to all your fall and holiday dishes. With brown rice as well as wild rice, the flavor profile is perfect. Then, the added apples, onions, pecans, nutmeg, and more make the dish complete!
If you love rice, then try our Instant Pot Rice Pilaf with Orzo or our Zucchini Au Gratin with Rice.
This Wild Rice Recipe is adapted from Anne at Webicurean. I have updated the post with more recent pictures, but it is the same delicious recipe.
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Thousand Lakes Minnesota Grown Wild Rice – 15 ounces
Ceramic Large Serving Bowls- Set of 2
Serving Spoon Set, 8.5 inches, Stainless Steel x 2, Slotted x 2
What to Add to Wild Rice?
I find wild rice by itself to be too chewy, but mixed in with other ingredients, it is delightful. The recipe is full of flavor and textures from the two different kinds of rice, plus the apples, onions, and pecans. The perfect mix! Brown and wild rice are also a healthier option than white rice.
Ingredients
Chicken or vegetable broth – You can make this recipe vegetarian or even vegan by using vegetable broth and omitting the butter.
Brown rice – This is a healthier rice than white rice, with the bran and germ still intact.
Wild rice – This “rice” is actually a wild grass and is not directly related to domesticated rice. It has a chewier, slightly crunchy texture and adds a lot to the dish without overtaking it.
Salt – You can use table salt or, as I prefer, Kosher salt.
Butter – This is for the pecans to be sauteed in.
Roughly chopped pecans – For me, this is the clincher as I love any and all nuts, and pecans with apples are always a winner.
Olive oil – This is used to saute the apples and onions, so you don’t want to use a really expensive oil here.
Chopped onion – Adds the right savory notes.
Chopped apple – Adds the right sweet notes.
Nutmeg – This adds a nutty, warm, and slightly sweet flavor to the rice, giving it a wonderful aroma, too.
Salt and pepper to taste – This finishes off almost all savory dishes.
No, it is not necessary to soak, but you can if you like. The disadvantage to it is that it takes as long to soak or longer, 30 minutes to 2 hours, as it does to cook.
How to Make This Wild Rice Recipe
Bring the chicken broth to a boil in a large saucepan and add the brown and wild rice and salt. Simmer until done, about 40-45 min.
Melt the butter in a large non-stick pan and saute the pecans until fragrant and slightly browned. Remove from the pan and set aside.
In the same pan, add the olive oil and saute the onion and apple. Sprinkle with nutmeg, salt, and pepper, and cook until the onions are transparent.
When the rice is done, stir it into the apple and onion mixture, adding in also the pecans.
Stir to combine and then place in a serving dish.
Recipe Pro Tips!
Can I Cook Brown Rice and Wild Rice Together?
Just like in the recipe, both of these ingredients take about the same amount of time to cook.
Can you Substitute Brown or Wild Rice for Long-Grain White Rice in Recipes?
You would have to use just white rice, as the cooking times vary for brown and wild, as they take longer, and the results with your white rice could be mushy.
What is Wild Rice?
Wild Rice is any of four species of grasses from the Zizania family and the grain that is harvested from them. It is not directly related to other rice that you think of. Wild rice provides a healthy mix of protein and fiber to your diet.
Cooking Times
Cooking times may vary depending on the rice you buy. Always go by the package directions for both your brown and wild rice.
Do You Love Rice and Want More Recipes?
Rice makes an excellent side dish with many mains; here are more of our favorites.
Wild Rice Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 cup brown rice
- 1/8 cup wild rice
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 1/2 cup pecans roughly chopped
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped apple
- 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Bring the chicken broth to a boil in a large saucepan and add the brown and wild rice and salt. Simmer until done, about 40-45 min.
- Melt the butter in a large non-stick pan and saute the pecans until fragrant and slightly browned. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- In the same pan, add the olive oil, saute the onion and apple. Sprinkle with nutmeg, salt, and pepper, and cook until the onions are transparent.
- When the rice is done, stir it into the apple and onion mixture, adding in also the pecans. Stir to combine, and then place in a serving dish.
Comments & Reviews
Melaine says
So delicious and easy to make! Definitely a staple of my Fall menu!
Family Foodie says
This looks wonderful and is now on my must try list.
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thanks for coming over Isabel. I will be making this again and again. Love it!!
Anne @ Webicurean says
Thanks for the wonderful write up, and I’m glad you enjoyed the rice! I love the idea of baking the sausages–I never thought of doing it that way–usually grill or boil, but baking makes so much sense.
Noshing with the Nolands says
You are so welcome Anne and thanks again for letting me share!
Jill says
I love those chicken/apple sausages and baking is the way to go! The rice dish looks yummy too 🙂
Noshing with the Nolands says
Ya, I have never baked them before except in the Coddle dish. Always pan fried or BBQ. They are great baked and yes the rice dish is a keeper!!
Anne @ Webicurean says
Thanks for the wonderful write up, and I’m glad you enjoyed the rice! I love the idea of baking the sausages–I never thought of doing it that way–usually grill or boil, but baking makes so much sense.