Yield: 3 cups cooked wild rice

 

 

Ingredients

 

1 cup wild rice

 

3 cups of cold vegetable or chicken stock

 

3 large cloves of garlic, peeled, whole

 

 

 

Garnish Suggestions

 

Basil chiffonade

 

Rosemary leaves

 

Bacon crumbles

 

 

 

Steps

 

  1. Place wild rice in a strainer and rinse thoroughly.
  2. Place drained wild rice and cold stock in a 3-quart saucepan, with a tight-fitting lid, over medium-high heat.
  3. Cover saucepan and bring stock to a boil. Turn the heat down to low and let wild rice simmer for 40-70 minutes or until the kernels have burst open. Check wild rice every 15 minutes and stir. Do not allow wild rice to go dry. Add hot stock if necessary.
  4. When wild rice is done, drain any excess liquid from pan. Remove garlic cloves (reserve and put in icebox for use as a bread spread).
  5. Fluff wild rice with a fork.
  6. Plate and serve.