This dish has the presence of a party salad and you can make it a day ahead.
Wild rice salad with grapes
4
PREP TIME
15 min
Makes
8 cups (2 L), 8 servings
* PLUS Cooking time: 60 minutes, Standing Time: 60 minutes
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup uncooked wild rice
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked long-grain rice
- 6 green onions
- 2 cups halved seedless green grapes
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 3 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice , or lime juice
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp honey
- 1/4 cup minced fresh ginger
- 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh mint , or basil
Instructions
- In a large wide saucepan, combine wild rice with 5 cups (1.25 L) water and salt. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes. Then stir in long-grain rice. Cover and continue simmering until tender, from 20 to 25 more minutes. Turn into a large bowl. Thinly slice onions on a diagonal. Stir into rice along with grapes. In a small bowl, whisk oils with lemon juice, Dijon and honey. Add ginger. Stir into rice mixture to evenly coat. Cover and set aside for at least 1 hour or up to 3 hours or refrigerate 1 day. Add mint just before serving as it darkens quickly. Serve scattered with additional mint leaves.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 313,
- Protein
- 5.5 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 49.5 g,
- Fat
- 10.9 g,
- Fibre
- 2.3 g,
- Sodium
- 303 mg.
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