A friend cooked this at our weekly poker game and it was wonderful! I made it for a few other friends and they said it was the best rice they've ever had!
Ingredients
- ½ cups water: 2 piece (divided)
- wild rice: 0.5 cup
- brown rice: 0.25 cup
- pitted and sliced cherries: 1 cup
- brown sugar: 0.5 cup
- almonds: 0.25 cup (sliced)
- celery: 0.5 cup (sliced)
- orange juice: 0.33333 cup (fresh)
- red wine vinegar: 2 Tbsp
- orange zest: 1 tsp (grated)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Bring 2 cups water and wild rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender, 30 to 45 minutes. Drain excess liquid, fluff rice with a fork, and cook uncovered, about 5 minutes more.
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Bring 1/2 water and brown rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, about 45 minutes.
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Combine cherries, brown sugar, and almonds in a large nonstick skillet; cook and stir over medium heat until brown sugar melts and coats cherries and almonds, about 6 minutes. Stir in brown rice, wild rice, celery, orange juice, red wine vinegar, and orange zest. Cook, stirring frequently, until heated through, about 5 minutes.
