Wild Rice with Dried Apricots

6
Points®
Total Time
55 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
45 min
Serves
8
Difficulty
Easy
Serve this side dish with your holiday bird or as a perfect complement to pork, Cornish game hens or chicken.

Ingredients

Carrots

2 medium, diced

Salted butter

2 tsp

Fresh thyme

2 tsp, or 1/2 tsp dried

Uncooked wild rice

1 cup(s)

Dried apricot halves

½ cup(s), diced

Fat free chicken broth

3 cup(s)

Table salt

½ tsp

Uncooked white rice

1 cup(s), long grain

Chives

½ cup(s), sliced, optional

Instructions

  1. Sauté carrots in butter until lightly browned. Add thyme, wild rice, apricots, broth and salt. Bring to a low simmer, cover and cook for 25 minutes. Stir in long-grain rice and simmer for an additional 20 minutes.
  2. Sprinkle with chives and serve. Yields about eight 1-cup servings.