Wild Rice Hot Dish Recipes

CLASSIC CHICKEN AND WILD RICE HOTDISH

Steps:

• Put the rice in a fine-mesh sieve and rinse it under cold running water, swishing the rice with your hand until the water runs clear. Transfer the rice to a medium bowl and add water to cover. Pour off any black bits or floating kernels, pour the rice back into the sieve to drain, then put it in a small saucepan. Add 1 1/4 cups water, a pinch of salt and the bay leaf; bring to a simmer. Cover the pan and reduce the heat to low. Cook 25 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the water has evaporated. (If liquid remains after the rice is done, drain it in a sieve.)
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Heat the butter in a large high-sided skillet over medium heat. Add the leeks and celery and season with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add the flour to the vegetables and stir until well combined. Pour in the milk and bring to a simmer, whisking to prevent any lumps. Add the cream, chicken stock, thyme, nutmeg and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Simmer over low heat until the floury taste dissipates, about 5 minutes.
• Add the cooked chicken, wild rice (minus the bay leaf) and half of the cheese and heat until the cheese melts.
• Put the crushed crackers in a heavy plastic bag and add 1/4 teaspoon pepper and the olive oil. Shake to combine and set aside.
• Rub a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with a thin layer of soft butter. Pour the chicken mixture into the dish and top with the remaining cheese. Bake 25 minutes.
• Pull the dish from the oven, sprinkle the cracker mixture over the top and bake until the crackers turn golden brown and the mixture bubbles in the center, 15 to 20 more minutes. Serve immediately.

HAMBURGER RICE HOT DISH

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Spoon into a 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. , Cover and bake at 325° for 50-60 minutes or until rice is tender.

WILD RICE CASSEROLE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring chicken broth to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• In a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, mix chicken broth, uncooked wild rice, water chestnuts, 2 tablespoons butter and salt.
• Cover, and bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes.
• While rice mixture is baking, melt remaining butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Place mushrooms and onion in skillet, and slowly cook and stir until tender. Stir mushrooms and onion into the wild rice mixture, cover, and continue baking 30 minutes, or until liquid has been absorbed.

WILD RICE HOT DISH

Steps:

• Place raw wild rice in a bowl and cover with cold water. Using your fingers, mix it up and remove anything floating on top of the water. This may need to be done twice. Drain.
• Place 6 cups of water and 1 tsp. salt into a large saucepan. Add wild rice and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cover. Allow rice to simmer for 45 minutes. Drain any excess liquid.
• While the wild rice is cooking, brown and cook pork sausage until no longer pink. Drain any grease and place in a large mixing bowl.
• In the same skillet, add 1 tbsp. olive oil and saute celery & onion until tender, about 5-7 minutes. Add to bowl with sausage.
• Stir in cooked rice, cream of chicken soup and chicken broth.
• Add salt, pepper and soy sauce. Mix well and pour into 9x13 pan. Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Remove foil and cook another 15-20 minutes until liquid is soaked up.

CHICKEN WILD RICE HOTDISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the wild rice, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 2 cups water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook until al dente, about 30 minutes. Drain the rice and set it aside.
• In a large pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, celery, onion and a pinch of salt and cook until the vegetables are softened, 12 to 15 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Mix together the chicken stock and cream in a measuring cup. Add a third of the stock mixture to the pot and cook until thickened slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in another third of the mixture and cook another minute or two. Add the remaining third and cook until thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. The soup should coat the back of a spoon. Add the rosemary, black pepper and salt to taste. Taste and adjust the seasoning as desired.
• Mix the butter crackers and olive oil in a bowl. Set aside.
• In a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish, spread a third of the soup on the bottom of the dish. Spread half of the rice on top of the soup and follow with half of the shredded chicken spread across the rice. Repeat the layers, then top with the remaining third of the soup mixture. Top with the butter cracker mixture. Bake until bubbly, about 45 minutes. If the cracker topping is getting too browned, cover with foil.
• Garnish with chopped parsley and serve with ketchup on the side!

WILD RICE HOT DISH (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Wash and drain rice.
• Combine all ingredients in slow cooker and mix it up well.
• Cover and cook on low 4-6 hours.
• DO NOT REMOVE LID BEFORE RICE HAS COOKED 4 HOURS.

EASY CHICKEN AND WILD RICE HOT DISH

Steps:

• Empty contents of Rice a Roni box, 2 tblsps. butter, seasoning packet,.
• 1 2/3 cup water, bay leaf and chicken broth base into large frying pan. Bring to a boil, stir and cover. Turn heat to low. Cook 25 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Pour into large bowl and cover. Set aside.
• Preheat oven 375*.
• In frying pan, heat 2 tblsp. butter. Add chopped green onions, celery, salt and pepper. Saute until slightly golden.
• Stir in flour, evaporated milk, water. Wisk until mixed and creamy, about five minutes. Take off heat.
• Add sour cream, thyme, nutmeg. Mix.
• Add vegetable cream, chicken, half of the cheese to bowl.
• Coat 9 X 13 pan with remaining butter. Pour rice chicken cheese mix into.
• pan. Top with remaining cheese. Bake 25 minutes.
• Shake crackers in bag with olive oil.rack.
• Take out of oven, add crackers to the top. Bake 15 minutes until golden.
• Note: This dish can be baked without crackers. Then reheated with crackers on top, until hot and browned.

WILD RICE & SAUSAGE HOT DISH

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package directions - the Minnesota hand-harvested type I use takes 35-45 minutes.
• While rice is cooking, chop vegetables and add to rice pot.
• Cook sausage in a skillet until browned; drain and set aside.
• Once rice is done, mix sausage into pot. Add soups; stir to combine well. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until hot.