Wild Rice With Shitakes and Toasted Almonds

Submitted by PaulaG

"This recipe comes from "The Eating Well with Diabetes Cookbook". It makes great use of the dried shitakes I always have on hand. It is low in fat and high in fiber."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups chicken stock or 2 1/2 cups vegetable stock
• 2 cups sliced shiitake mushrooms
• 1 cup brown and wild rice mix
• 6 tablespoons sliced almonds
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 bunch scallion, trimmed and thinly sliced
• fresh ground pepper
• salt

directions

1. Over high heat, in a medium saucepan, bring the broth to a boil, add rice.
2. Reduce heat to simmer, cover and simmer until the rice is just tender, 45 to 55 minutes.
3. Drain any remaining liquid and transfer the rice to a serving bowl.
4. While the rice is cooking, toast almonds in a small dry skillet over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until golden brown and fragrant; approximately 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Transfer to a plate and allow to cool.
6. If using dried shitake mushrooms, rehydrate in water as instructed on package, drain and about 5 minutes before rice is done, melt the butter in a medium nonstick skillet and add the scallions and mushrooms.
7. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until softened and scallions are a bright green; 2 to 3 minutes.
8. Add the scallion mixture, almonds and pepper to the rice.
9. Stir to mix thoroughly and adjust seasonings as necessary for personal taste.

Reviews

[noway]

Wonderful side dish! I made my own brown and wild rice mix by mixing 1/4 c wild rice with 3/4 c brown rice. I used fresh shiitake mushrooms but omitted the scallions (personal preference), and it still had plenty of flavor. Thanks Paula for another keeper! Made for ZWT6.

 

[Kitchen Witch Steph]

Oh yeah, we were liking this one tonight for dinner with our Recipe #302806. I followed this recipe to a tee, using fresh shitake mushrooms. I would not change a thing! Perfect. I would definitely serve this to company. Thanks, Paula. Made for my Babes for ZWT4.

 

[Outta Here]

This is very good. Went very well with grilled salmon. I used dried shiitakes. I have some dried mixed wild mushrooms that would be very good in this dish also. I will be making this again!

 

[WizzyTheStick]

Tasty and healthy. Like another reviewer I felt it could have had a tad more almonds but otherwise it was perfect.

 

[Hey Jude]

I made this as a side dish to our broiled trout dinner....it was excellent. I used a rice mix that I found at our farmer's market and followed the instructions, using fresh shiitake mushrooms. The butter I used was "Earth Balance Buttery Spread" (cholesterol free) as we're watching our cholesterol. My diabetic Mom made a stink (if it's not fatty or sweet she doesn't like it) but she ate and enjoyed this rice. Thanks for posting this recipe Paula, it's a keeper in our house :)