Holiday Wild Rice Board

Overhead Holiday Rice Salad Board with Envy Apples

5 from 1 vote

Take entertaining up a notch with this easy and affordable holiday wild rice board. Simply assemeble your salad board and serve with a side of honey Dijon vinaigrette, and your guests will fall in love.

Prep Time10

Cook Time50

Assemble5

Total Time1

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: fall salad, holiday salad, holiday salad recipe, holiday wild rice salad, rice salad, waldorf salad ingredients

Servings:

Equipment

High-rimmed baking pan
Cooling rack

Ingredients

Salad

1 lb good-quality-thick-cut bacon
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup whole wild rice (not cracked)
2 teaspoons kosher salt
10 cups mixed baby greens
8 oz. pomegranate arils
1 cup crumbled goat cheese
1 cup honey-roasted pecans
4 large Envy™ Apples thinly sliced
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

Vinaigrette

3 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
kosher salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Salad

Preheat the oven to 350℉. Arrange the bacon in a single layer on a cooling rack and place the bacon on a foil-lined, high-rimmed baking sheet. Bake until crispy, about 30-40 minutes.
While the bacon cooks, heat a large saucepan over high heat. Add the chicken broth and bring it to a boil.
When the bacon is cooked, transfer it from the cooling rack to a paper towel-lined plate and let it cool. When the bacon is cooled and crispy, chop it into bite-sized peices and set it aside.
Add the wild rice and salt to your saucepan. Reduce the heat to a medium-low, cover it, and let it simmer until wild rice splits open and curls, about 55 minutes.
Remove from heat and drain the extra liquid. Fluff with a fork and set aside.
Slice the apples in thin slices and add them to a small mixing bowl with lemon juice. Toss until apples are coated, then set aside.

Vinaigrette

Place all honey Dijon vinaigrette ingredients - honey, Dijon mustard, vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper - in a small bowl and whisk together.
Taste, add more salt or pepper if needed, and set aside.

Assembly

Place a handful of the mixed baby greens in a single layer on your serving plate.
Add the remaining ingredients in a row above the previous ingredient.
Here's what we did"
Row 1 - greens, honey-roasted pecans, Envy™ apple slices, pomegranate arils, wild rice
Row 2 - Envy™ apple slice, crumbled goat cheese, bacon

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Notes

Cook time on bacon varies depending on the thickness and size of the pieces. Keep an eye on it after 30 minutes to be sure it doesn’t burn.

If after 55 minutes, the wild rice is still not split open, let it simmer a few minutes longer until it splits and starts to curl.

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