Cajun Wild Rice

I’m always at a loss for what to make as a side dish. I mean, I know I can always go to my old stand-by and put some rice in a rice cooker with some chicken bouillon but sometimes that just doesn’t cut it. Then I go to my jazzed-up rice list that includes but is not limited to Bacon Spanish Rice (yummy!) and this Cajun Wild Rice (yummy yummy!)

I love using wild rice whenever I can. There are so many good things you can get out of wild rice compared to brown or white rice. Bonus: you don’t have to rinse this wild rice. In fact if you do, it rinses out some of the good nutrients and vitamins that you get out of it naturally.

I’ve found my wild rice at higher-end grocery stores and Whole Foods. This one was a gift from the International Food Bloggers Conference. It was awesome. It was like grocery shopping for free there. Quite lovely, actually.

This is the most incredible side dish. The way I like to eat it though? I put a poached egg on it and call it dinner. The way the yolk makes a sauce all over the rice makes it indulgent. For me, there is no need for a serving of lemon garlic chicken. Just no need.

If you, however, are a family larger than two and want/need to fill up empty bottomless stomachs, then this is the perfect side dish for you. There’s barely any work involved other than cutting up some veggies+Andouille sausage and opening a good can of stewed tomatoes. No need to rinse the rice, no need to continually stir it since you cover and simmer for 25 minutes.

A perfectly reasonable time for you to grill up some steaks or fry up some jumbo-shrimp kabobs. But as for me, I wash my cutting board and slide back to the couch with a cup of afternoon coffee, cross my legs over the coffee table, and read the new issue of bon appétit before making a fried or poached egg.

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Dinner is served.

As we approach fall, I’ll be getting back into the kitchen a little more and finding that my love for whole, complete meals will be coming back in full force. My Sunday dinner routine will fit its way into our hearts. Meat, potatoes, bread, the whole meal deal. Comfort food is coming back and this wild rice dish is definitely on my list of sides to fire up any dinner plan. Try it out yourself and let me know if you feel the same way as me with the whole egg on top thing. I mean it’s awesome right?

Cajun Wild Rice

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This super fast Cajun wild rice is the perfect side to any meal. The recipe has been a family favorite and even passes picky eater standards!

• Author: Karlee Flores
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 25 minutes
• Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

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1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 small yellow onion

1 small green pepper

1/2 cup sliced carrots

1 teaspoon salt

1 lb Andouille sausage

1 tablespoon chicken bouillon

2 cups wild rice

1 – 14.5 ounce can stewed and chopped tomatoes

2 3/4 cups water

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Instructions

Over medium-high heat, melt the butter and olive oil together in a large saucepan. Chop the onion, green pepper and carrots and add to the heated oils with salt. Cook the veggies until they are softening but still sturdy. Chop the Andouille sausage and add to the mixture with the chicken bouillon.

Put the unwashed wild rice in the mixture and completely combine before adding the water and stewed tomatoes. Bring to a simmer and then cover for 25 minutes.

Add chopped fresh parsley and top with a poached egg.

Keywords: andouille, cajun, sides, simple, wild rice