Zizania chicken salad (wild rice)

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 skinless boneless chicken

Directions

: *ORANGE HERB DRESSING -- : (⅓ cup)

¼ c fresh orange juice

2 TB white-wine vinegar

2 ts sugar

1 ts grated orange peel

1 ts fresh thyme leaves

½ ts minced fresh rosemary

: leaves

½ ts salt

¼ ts bottled hot pepper sauce : *SALAD

3 c cooked wild rice -- still

: warm

: breast -- cooked

: (2 cups cubed)

2 c seedless grapes

¼ c chopped celery

¼ c chopped green onions

2 TB chopped walnuts

2 TB chopped parsley

½ ts salt

¼ ts pepper

The salad gets its name from *Zizania aquatica,* the Latin name for wild rice. Try with other rice varieties, like red basmati.

Prepare the wild rice and set aside to cool a bit.

Prepare the dressing. Mix warm rice with 2 tablespoons Orange-Herb Dressing. Set aside.

Poach or otherwise cook the chicken. Set aside to cool a bit. Cube into bite sized pieces.

Assemble the salad; toss with the remaining dressing. Serve chilled.

To make about 3 cups of cooked wild rice: rinse 1 cup wild rice.

Bring wild rice and 4 cups water to a boil over high heat. Stir.

Reduce heat, cover and simmer about 50 minutes oruntil kernels puff and open. Makes about 3 cups cooked rice. Printed in Riv Press-Enterprise 3 Oc 96. Pat H. McRecipe. (369 calories, 6⅕ grams fat 72 milligrams cholesterol, 608 milligrams sodium.) Primary source not cited.

Recipe By : The Associated Press, Oct 1996 From: Path <phannema@...> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 12:34:53

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