It was a tasty and colorful dish so I served in on some colorful new dishes :)
Orzo & Wild Rice
from Sue Doeden's blog, All About Food
Orzo and Wild Rice
* 1 cup wild rice, uncooked
* 1/2 cup orzo, uncooked
* 1 medium onion, chopped
* 1/2 of a red bell pepper, chopped
* 1/2 of a yellow bell pepper, chopped
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 2 tablespoons honey
* 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley or 1 teaspoon dried parsley
* 2 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
* 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
Cook orzo according to package directions. Rinse wild rice and put in saucepan with 3 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered until rice is done. Kernels of will be split open, revealing the white inside. It should be tender, but still a bit chewy. Drain and set aside.
Saute onion and bell peppers in 2 tablespoons butter in large pan. When tender, add garlic and saute another minute. Stir in honey. Add wild rice, parsley, orzo, soy sauce and lemon juice. Stir in cooked wild rice and orzo, continuing to stir until heated through. Serve immediately. Makes 6 very generous servings
This was a good side dish. We had it the first time with baked fish and fresh bread and the leftovers were frozen. We had it the second time as the rice base for orange chicken and it was wonderful then as well.
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