Wild Rice Salad with Oranges and Currants

Serves 6 to 8
Time 1 hr 20 min

Chilling this wild rice salad before serving ensures that the flavors will meld. Use a wild rice mix instead, if you like; simply follow the cooking instructions on the package to cook the rice before finishing the salad.

Special Diets:

Dairy FreeDairy Free
Gluten FreeGluten Free
VeganVegan
VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    3 cupswild rice
    Salt and pepper, to taste
    4oranges
    3 tablespoonsred wine vinegar
    3 tablespoonssherry vinegar
    1/2 cupextra-virgin olive oil
    6green onions, thickly sliced on the bias
    1 cupdried currants
    1 bunchfresh flat-leaf parsley, stems discarded, leaves chopped

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Method

Cook wild rice in a 6 cups salted boiling water until just tender, about 40 minutes. Drain in a colander and set aside.


Meanwhile, cut away peel and pith from oranges. 


Holding oranges over a large bowl to catch the juice, remove segments from white membrane, letting them fall into the bowl with the juice; set aside.


Combine vinegars, salt and pepper in a separate bowl, then slowly whisk in olive oil to make a dressing. 


Add rice, green onions, currants, and parsley to bowl with oranges and their juice. 


Drizzle dressing over the top and gently toss to combine. 


Season with salt and pepper, then cover and chill 30 to 60 minutes before serving.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

Calories

540

Total Fat

17g

Saturated Fat

2.5g

Cholesterol

0mg

Sodium

180mg

Total Carbohydrate

87g

Dietary Fiber

8g

Total Sugars

21g

Protein

13g

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