2 Boxes Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice, regular, not fast-cook
5 Cups Water
1 Pound Turkey Sausage, thawed
1 Stick Butter
1 Large Vidalia or Sweet Onion, peeled and chopped
1 Cup Celery, sliced/diced large
8 Ounces Mushrooms, sliced
1 Cup Pecans and/or Walnuts, broken up
3 Granny Smith Apples, unpeeled, cored and diced large
1 Cup Fresh Parsley, coarsely chopped
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease an 8-inch baking pan. Combine muffin mix, egg and milk and mix with fork until wet. Do not over-mix. Pour in pan and bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and thoroughly cool. Crumble into fine pieces.
In large pot, combine wild rice package ingredients and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 25 minutes or until all water absorbed, but still quite wet. Set aside to cool. Add corn bread crumbs and mix.
In the meantime, in large frying pan over medium-high heat, break sausage meat up into medium sized chunks. Stir until thoroughly cooked. Cover a plate with paper towels and move sausage to plate. Cover with another paper towel. Scrape any remaining bits from pan.
Return frying pan to stove. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add butter and melt. Add onions and stir until partially cooked (just starting to turn clear). Add celery and continue cooking until that starts to soften. Add mushrooms, nuts and apples and stir for 1 - 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add mixture to rice. Also add sausage meat and chopped parsley. Mix well. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Corn muffin mix can be prepared several days in advance of the rest. Any cooked part can be made and stored several days before final preparation.
If used as stuffing, make sure it is thoroughly cold and do not stuff bird until just before ready to bake. Thoroughly pack both cavities, tamping in firmly. Close off cavities. Mix butter and water in large cup and microwave until butter melted. Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Mix well with a brush. Bake bird as recommended on packaging, basting every 20-30 minutes with butter/water mixture.
If used as a side dish, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spoon dressing into a covered casserole or baking dish. Bake covered for 45 minutes. If crusty top desired, remove cover for final 10 minutes. Serve as soon as possible.
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Suggestions
Omit sausage for a vegetarian version.
Originally Submitted
5/2/2013
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