Opa George's Wild Rice recipe

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Ingredients

3 cups water
1 cup wild rice
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup coarsely chopped fresh morel mushrooms
½ cup coarsely chopped roasted chestnuts
2 green onions, chopped
6 ounces sour cream
1 green onion, chopped
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Nutrition Info

162.6 calories
carbohydrate: 22.9 g
cholesterol: 12.5 mg
fat: 6.5 g
fiber: 2.1 g
protein: 4.4 g
saturatedFat: 3.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 215.8 mg
sugar: 0.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring water, wild rice, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a boil in a heavy saucepan, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until the wild rice is tender, 30 to 45 minutes.

  2. Stir morel mushrooms, chestnuts, and 2 chopped green onions into the rice, simmer until mushrooms and green onions are tender, another 15 minutes.

  3. Drain any excess liquid. Mix sour cream and 1 chopped green onion into wild rice mixture, season with salt and black pepper. Serve immediately.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

Combining wild rice, mushrooms, nuts, green onions, and sour cream, my father's recipe goes very well with any game dish. The recipe calls for fresh or dried morel mushrooms, which give the recipe its best flavor, but any type of mushroom, fresh or dried, should work well. Similarly, he always used chestnuts, but we have found that pecans and hazelnuts (and, probably walnuts or cashews) work just as well. Preparation time depends on whether one is using dried mushrooms or not.

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