Title: Zizania Chicken Salad (Wild Rice)
Categories: Salad
Yield: 4 Servings

----------------------------ORANGE HERB DRESSING----------------------------
1/4 c Fresh orange juice
2 tb White-wine vinegar
2 ts Sugar
1 ts Grated orange peel
1 ts Fresh thyme leaves
1/2 ts Minced fresh rosemary leaves
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Bottled hot pepper sauce

-----------------------------------SALAD-----------------------------------
3 c Cooked wild rice; still warm
1 Skinless boneless chicken
-breast; cooked (2 cups
-cubed)
2 c Seedless grapes
1/4 c Chopped celery
1/4 c Chopped green onions
2 tb Chopped walnuts
2 tb Chopped parsley
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper

The salad gets its name from *Zizania aquatica,* the Latin name for wild
rice. Try with other rice varieties, like red basmati.
Prepare the wild rice and set aside to cool a bit.

Prepare the dressing. Mix warm rice with 2 tablespoons Orange-Herb
Dressing. Set aside.
Poach or otherwise cook the chicken. Set aside to cool a bit. Cube into
bite sized pieces.
Assemble the salad; toss with the remaining dressing. Serve chilled.

To make about 3 cups of cooked wild rice: rinse 1 cup wild rice. Bring wild
rice and 4 cups water to a boil over high heat. Stir. Reduce heat, cover
and simmer about 50 minutes or until kernels puff and open. Makes about 3
cups cooked rice.

Printed in Riv Press-Enterprise 3 Oc 96. Pat H. McRecipe. (369 calories,
6.2 grams fat 72 milligrams cholesterol, 608 milligrams sodium.) Primary
source not cited.
Recipe By : The Associated Press, Oct 1996

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #253

Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 12:37:25 -0700 (PDT)

From: PatH