Barley and Wild Rice Stuffing

I made turkey one day but had no bread to make stuffing. Though I don’t stuff my bird to roast, I just couldn’t imagine not having any on the side. So I dug out some things from the pantry and this is the result.

Step: 1

Mix chicken stock, barley, brown and wild rice, fennel seed, and 1/2 teaspoon salt together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until rice and barley are tender and stock has been absorbed, 35 to 40 minutes.

Step: 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.

Step: 3

Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat; cook and stir onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt in the melted butter until onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Cook and stir apple into onion until apple begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Add garlic, sage, rosemary, thyme, and black pepper to onion-apple mixture; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir barley mixture into seasoned onion-apple mixture; transfer to the prepared casserole dish. Loosely cover stuffing with aluminum foil.

Step: 4

Bake in the preheated oven until heated through and flavors have blended, about 20 minutes.

Per Serving: 182 calories; protein 5.2g; carbohydrates 33.9g; fat 3.4g; cholesterol 5.6mg; sodium 984mg.

One of most obvious way to choose a side dish is to look at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick more different. If you’re making pasta, make sure for a simple healthy dish . Making steak? Go for more light. If you’re want to cooking stir-fry with rice, it must not a best idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can apply to cooking process . You don’t want to overcommit your oven by scheduling three dishes at once in there, or be juggling four pans on the stovetop . But sometimes you can make a dish do double-duty .