Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2012

Five star excellent, based on the fact that I used half long grain white rice and half wild rice. I'm not so sure either Hubs or I would care for it so much with just the wild rice. Because of the rosemary and thyme (I used fresh), this is undeniably a much more interesting and "exciting" rice side dish than most. Because of the long cooking time I cooked both the wild and long grain rice earlier in the day to make dinner preparation quicker. I cooked half the amount of wild rice in the full amount of broth for 45 minutes, then added the long grain rice for another 20 minutes or so, until the liquid was all absorbed. This was the ideal accompaniment to "Herb Crusted Halibut," also from this site. Other than using a mix of long grain and wild rice, I wouldn't change anything in this recipe. It's beautiful.

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naples34102

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Mequon, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2011

Love! I didn't have any celery on hand so I used a little celery seed instead. I used all wild rice in this. It appears that that was not the case in the other photos. This recipe is a total keeper and WAY better than box mix (and better for me!)

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ninabean15

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Rhame, North Dakota, USA

Living In: West Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 2, 2011

This is really good! I changed it up a little because I wanted to use my rice cooker. I cooked the veggies (plus a carrot) in a pan on the stove, then combined them with the rice (half wild, half brown), spices (doubled), and chicken broth in the rice cooker and let it go. I only used 3 1/2 C chicken broth and no water to adjust for my rice cooker. Turned out great!

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JUMAHA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Fridley, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Maple Grove, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2011

This is one good dish. It is a GREAT starting point.I altered it a bit by using all chicken broth and a mix of shallots and scallions. I also doubled the mushroom amount and used shitakes (I think shitakes are key). I also toasted half a cup of pine nuts to top it with. It added flavor and crunch. Oh, instead of using vegetable oil to saute the veggies I used half oil/half butter

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Brian Sniatkowski

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Kinnelon, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2011

This needs double the seasoning than listed. Otherwise, it was great with my baked fish!

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Sam

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Plainfield, Indiana, USA

Living In: San Diego, California, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2009

Flavors were great! I used fresh rosemary and thyme from my garden. I'm rating it lower because there is way too much liquid in this. My gut instinct from the beginning was that it was too much and I should of cut back, instead followed the recipe. Rice was soggy. I've never heard of a rice recipe, where you drain it at the end. I think if the liquid proportions were correct this could be a great recipe, as the flavor was very good.

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SANDIEGOCINDY

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Mexico, Missouri, USA

Living In: San Diego, California, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 27, 2009

I halved this recipe and used fresh thyme and rosemary since I'm growing both. I did have to adjust the liquid and cooking time since the rice I was using was a blend. I love the combination of flavors this recipe offers! A real keeper! Thanks!

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Pam-3BoysMama

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2008

I made this for a dinner party and everyone enjoyed. It was very easy to prepare. If you are pressed for time the evening of the meal, I suggest cooking the rice the night before and then mixing it with the vegetables and reheat the night of the dinner to cut down on prep time. I also used less wild rice (1.5 c) since that was all that I had and used 0.5 c of brown rice. It was great mix.

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Love to Cook

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Monument, Colorado, USA

Living In: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2007

Very good. Great flavor. I followed the recipe (except for reducing salt to a pinch) and I added some toasted pecans at the end, which were fabulous. I would make this again

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