4.9 from 16 votes
Wild Rice Hotdish
This is a hearty, homey casserole that brings together wild rice, mushrooms, bacon, cheese, and some venison or beef. It keeps a week in the fridge and makes great leftovers.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings:
8
servings
Calories:
476 kcal
Course:
Side Dish, Main Course, Lunch
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Bacon
- 8 ounces mushroom any kind, fresh, chopped
- 1 white onion chopped, or yellow onion
- 2 talks celery chopped
- 1 pound sausage cut into chunks
- 4 cups wild rice cooked
- 3 ounces water chestnut fresh or canned, chopped
- 1 10- ounce cream of celery soup canned
- 1 teaspoon marjoram dried
- 1 teaspoon savory or thyme, dried
- 4 ounces gruyere cheese grated, or Swiss or Emmentaler cheese
Instructions
- Fry the bacon in a pan until crispy. Eat a piece. Chop the rest. Pour off all but about 3 tablespoons of the fat (save it for another dish). Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Saute the sausage, mushrooms, onion and celery in the bacon fat until the vegetables are soft and everything is just beginning to brown. While it's all cooking, use a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Add the water chestnuts and wild rice and mix well.
- Turn off the heat and mix in cream of celery soup, herbs and half the cheese.
- Butter a casserole dish; a 9x13 should work fine here. Pack the contents of the pan into the casserole, and top it with the chopped bacon and the rest of the cheese. Bake for 1 hour, or until the cheese is nicely melted and starting to brown -- check it at 45 minutes.
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Notes
- Four cups cooked wild rice is generally 1 heaping cup of dry wild rice.
- Any fresh mushroom you like will work here: buttons, chanterelles, morels, you name it.
- You can use any mild sausage. Brats are a good choice, as is sweet Italian sausage or Polish sausages. Nothing too strongly flavored.
- If you want to use a different meat, ground venison, beef or turkey works well, as does leftover brisket or pot roast, chopped roughly.
Nutrition Information
Calories
476kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
25g
(8%)
Protein
21g
(42%)
Fat
32g
(49%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
5g
(29%)
Monounsaturated Fat
13g
(65%)
Trans Fat
0.2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
77mg
(26%)
Sodium
814mg
(34%)
Potassium
637mg
(14%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
272IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
170mg
(17%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 476
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 476kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 21g | 42% |
| Fat | 32g | 49% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 77mg | 26% |
| Sodium | 814mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 637mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 272IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 170mg | 17% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.