Mediterranean Rice recipe

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Ingredients

8 cups water
2 cups wild rice
2 tablespoons sesame oil, divided
1 sweet onion, coarsely chopped
½ cup raisins
2 teaspoons honey
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt, divided
¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 yellow squash, cut into thick sticks
4 small turnips, cut into sticks
2 carrots, cut into sticks
1 poblano pepper, minced
½ cup finely chopped cilantro
½ teaspoon ground cumin

Nutrition Info

250.4 calories
carbohydrate: 45.3 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 5.8 g
fiber: 5.1 g
protein: 7.3 g
saturatedFat: 0.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 336.7 mg
sugar: 10.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring 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 5 minutes more.

  2. Heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil in a heavy skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook and stir onion until lightly browned and tender, about 10 minutes. Add raisins, honey, cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper to onion, reduce heat to medium-low and cook until raisins are tender, about 4 minutes. Transfer mixture to a bowl and keep warm.

  3. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon sesame oil and olive oil in the same skillet over medium-high heat, add squash, turnips, and carrots. Cook and stir squash mixture until squash is just tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, add poblano pepper, cilantro, cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Cook and stir mixture until turnips and carrots are tender, 5 to 10 minutes more.

  4. Stir onion mixture and wild rice into turnip mixture and cook until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

The subtle blend of flavors in this recipe are a great change of pace from normal American fare, but it doesn't use expensive specialty spices.

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