Ingredients:
2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup brown rice
1/2 cup wild rice
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 medium onions, sliced in thin wedges
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 cup Craisins® Sweetened Dried Cranberries
1/2 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
Instructions:
- Combine chicken broth and both rices in a medium saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Cover and simmer 45 minutes or until rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed.
- Meanwhile, melt butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onions and brown sugar.
- Cook 6 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and onions are soft and translucent.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Slowly cook onions, stirring often for 25 minutes or until they are caramel color.
- Stir in sweetened dried cranberries.
- Cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes or until cranberries swell.
- Gently fold cranberry mixture and orange zest into cooked rice.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
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