Food and Life Skills 2024
A Little "Bite" of Everything! #6- January 2024
Ingredients
6 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon minced onion
½ cup flour
3 cups chicken broth
2 cups cooked wild rice
½ cup finely grated carrots
⅓ cup minced ham
3 tablespoons chopped slivered almonds
½ teaspoons salt
1 cup half-and-half
2 tablespoons dry sherry, (optional)
snipped fresh parsley or chives
Directions
1. In large saucepan, melt butter; sauté onion until tender.
2. Blend in flour; gradually add broth.
3. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil; boil and stir 1 minute.
4. Stir in rice, carrots, ham (or shredded chicken), almonds and salt; simmer about 5 minutes.
5. Blend in half-and-half and sherry; heat to serving temperature.
6. Garnish with snipped parsley or chives.
Makes 6 cups
Chef’s tip
Tip: One-half cup uncooked wild rice = 1½ to 2 cups, cooked.
Recipe from: Lunds and Byerlys
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