Wild Pirate Rice
From cabincrazyone 16 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Leftover rice is handy for this healthful kid's favorite. When my nephew asked his mom what wild rice was she thought quickly. Knowing he liked pirate stories she told him that it's pirate rice. When pirates come into port from a hard week of stealing gold and sinking ships, the first thing they think of is a pint of grog and a plate of wild pirate rice. Read more He smiled and dug into the dish. Adults are allowed to eat it, too. See less
Ingredients
- 2 Cups white rice cooked shopping list
- 2 Cups wild rice cooked shopping list
- 1/2 pound ground pork (or beef) shopping list
- 4 slices bacon, cut across into 1/4 inch strips shopping list
- 2 Tbs veg oil shopping list
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- 1 Cup onion, quarter inch dice (Vidalia in season) shopping list
- 1 Cup celery, quarter inch dice shopping list
- 1 Cup button mushrooms, quarter inch dice shopping list
- 1 Cup carrots, quarter inch dice shopping list
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- one can (14.5 oz) petit diced tomatoes (all including juice) shopping list
- salt to taste (often it's fine without adding salt) shopping list
- 1 tsp coarse ground black pepper shopping list
- 2 scant Tbs brown sugar shopping list
- 2 Cups extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded shopping list
How to make it
- If you don't have left over rice, put 2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of dry wild rice in a 2 qt pan, bring to boil, turn down to simmer covered for an hour. (They never tell you long enough on the package.) It's not tender and done until it splits open.
- Put 1 and 1/2 cups of water, 3/4 cup dry white rice, and 1 tsp butter in another 2 qt. pan. Bring to boil, turn down to simmer covered for 15 minutes, let stand covered for 5 minutes.
- Drain both rices and set aside. This should give you approximately the four cups of rice called for.
- In large frying pan cook the ground pork, chopping and turning it with spatula until cooked and crumbled. Remove from pan and set aside.
- In the same pan, cook the bacon and carrots over medium-high heat, turning often. In about 5 minutes, or when the bacon is about half done, add the oil and four cups of chopped veggies.
- Cook about ten minutes or until the carrots are starting to soften and the onions are just about all translucent, turning often.
- In a large dutch oven over low heat, put in the four cups of rice, diced tomatoes, s&p, brown sugar, and the cooked ground pork.
- Add the stuff from the frying pan. Put frying pan back on heat, add 4 oz of water, and scrape up the goodies on the bottom with spatula. Add it to the dutch oven.
- Keep the dutch oven over medium heat until the dish is thoroughly heated. (Ten minutes or so.) Also, reducing the liquid until it's almost gone.
- Turn off the heat, dump in the cheese, and stir until melted.
- Tell your kids the pirate story as you dish them up.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Sounds good to me, with or without the engaging story. 5 from me and the kids.
victoriaregina
in USA loved it
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Cool way to make your kids eat mushrooms and wild rice! LOL I'll have to remember that when I serve the food to my kids! The recipe sounds delish, thanks for a great post!
juels
in Clayton loved it
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