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Wild Rice Stuffing with Pearl Onions, Dried Cherries and Apricots

Wild Rice Stuffing with Pearl Onions, Dried Cherries and Apricots Ingredients: butter, without salt water, bottled, generic soup, chicken broth or bouillon, dry spices, thyme, dried wild rice, raw rice, white, long-gr...

Wild Rice Stuffing with Pearl Onions, Dried Cherries and Apricots

Ingredients:
butter, without salt
water, bottled, generic
soup, chicken broth or bouillon, dry
spices, thyme, dried
wild rice, raw
rice, white, long-grain, regular, unenriched, cooked without salt
apricots, dried, sulfured, uncooked
cherries, sweet, raw
raisins, seeded
nuts, pecans

Directions:
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large skillet over medium heat.
Add onions and saute until brown, about 15 minutes.
Set aside.
Bring 4 1/2 cups broth and 1 tablespoon thyme to boil in large saucepan.
Add wild rice; bring to boil.
Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30 minutes.
Add white rice; cover and simmer until all rice is tender and liquid is almost absorbed, about 15 minutes longer.
Stir dried apricots, dried cherries, raisins and 2 tablespoons thyme into rice mixture; cover and simmer 3 minutes.
Stir pearl onions and remaining 4 tablespoons butter into rice.
Mix in pecans.
Season generously with salt and pepper.
Loosely fill main cavity with cool stuffing.
Butter glass baking dish.
Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish.
Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down.
Bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Butter 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish.
Transfer stuffing to prepared dish.
Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down, and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.