Wild Rice Stuffing with Pine Nuts
A flavorful blend of wild and white rice enhanced with toasted pine nuts, fresh herbs, and aromatic spices. This Mediterranean-inspired stuffing combines cumin, thyme, and mint for a sophisticated side dish.
Ingredients
- •¼ cup olive oil
- •1½ teaspoons ground cumin
- •1 large onion
- •6 cloves garlic
- •1 tablespoon tomato paste
- •2 tablespoons fresh thyme
- •1¼ teaspoons black pepper
- •1¼ teaspoons kosher salt
- •½ teaspoon dried mint
- •1 cup wild rice
- •2¾ cups chicken broth
- •1 cup long-grain white rice
- •1½ tablespoons lemon juice
- •¼ cup Italian parsley
- •⅓ cup pine nuts
- •toasted
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add cumin; stir until toasted and fragrant, about 15 seconds. Add onion and garlic; sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato paste. Stir in thyme, pepper, coarse salt, and mint. Add wild rice; stir 2 minutes. Add broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until wild rice is almost tender, about 40 minutes.
48 min
- 2.
Mix white rice into wild rice; cover and simmer until most of liquid is absorbed and all rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in lemon juice; cover and continue to simmer until liquid is absorbed and all rice is tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in parsley, then pine nuts; serve.
25 min