Wild Rice Salad with Toasted Pecans
Course Grains & Legumes
Servings 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup wild rice cooked according to package directions
- 6 stalks celery diced
- 0.5 cup red onion diced small
- 0.5 bunch curly parsley coarsely chopped
- 1 yellow pepper diced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup pecan coarsely chopped
- 0.5 cup olive oil
- 0.25 cup white balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon gray Poupon mustard
- hot sauce to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
- few chopped figs or currants for a sweet note optional
Instructions
- Combine rice, celery, onion, parsley and pepper in a salad bowl. Toast the pecans in a pan with the butter, don’t allow to burn. Add the parsley and toss for a minute before taking off the heat. Toss into the salad bowl. Whisk up the olive oil, vinegar, mustard, hot sauce and salt and pepper. (Recipe #901)