Cranberry Pecan Curried Rice is a flavorful dish that’s easy to make! Recipe yields 4 servings and is a delicious side dish for many entrees.
If you’re looking for a delicious, flavor-packed side dish to accompany a favorite meal, may I suggest you try cranberry pecan curried rice?
I found the original recipe online, and made only a couple very slight changes to suit our taste and needs. Let me tell you- it’s yummy!
From start to finish, this recipe takes only about 30-35 minutes, and is really easy to prepare! The rice is flavored with onion, garlic, butter, chicken broth, dried cranberries and toasted pecans, and seasoned with curry powder, ground ginger, salt and pepper.
These ingredients combine wonderfully, and create a simply fantastic tasting rice side dish! Here’s how to make cranberry pecan curried rice:
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Cook The Rice
Bring chicken broth and butter to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add rice to the broth, and stir to combine these ingredients. Now bring the liquid in the pan back to a boil again.
Once boiling, turn the heat down to a low simmer, and cover the pan. Let the rice cook (covered) without disturbing it, for about 20 minutes. When done, remove the pan from the heat.
While The Rice Cooks…
Use the time the rice is cooking to finish the rest of the recipe. Measure oil into a large (separate) saucepan, and heat it on Medium.
Once hot, add chopped onions, and stir to combine. Cook the onions, stirring often, for 5-6 minutes. When done, the onions should be tender, translucent, and very lightly browned.
Stir chopped pecans and minced garlic into the onion mixture, and let them cook for 2 more minutes on medium heat. Stir this often, so you don’t burn the garlic!
Now For The Spices…
Stir curry powder, ground ginger, salt and black pepper into the onion and pecan mixture in the pan. It smells fantastic right at this point, when those aromatic spices hit the hot pan.
The rice should be finished cooking right around this time. Once done, remove the pan from the heat, use a fork to fluff the rice, then add the hot rice to the saucepan with the onion mixture.
Stir everything together, until the spices and other ingredients are well combined with the hot rice. Now you’re ready for the final step!
Final Step
The last step is to add dried cranberries and chopped, fresh parsley into the hot spiced rice! This gives the rice a pop of color, too.
Give the rice a good stir until everything is combined. Now this yummy cranberry pecan curried rice is hot, and ready to be served and enjoyed.
Serve The Cranberry Pecan Curried Rice
Transfer the cranberry pecan curried rice onto a serving plate or into a serving bowl. Garnish the top with sprigs of fresh parsley, if desired, and serve!
The rice has WONDERFUL flavor, thanks to the warming spices of curry powder and ground ginger. When I made this dish the first time, I couldn’t stay out of it, because it is SO GOOD!
Every bite of the cranberry pecan curried rice is packed with warm flavors, and I think you’ll love it! The rice pairs well with many different meat dishes.
We enjoy it with shrimp kabobs, but it’s a great accompaniment for chicken, beef, pork and other seafood dishes, as well. It is so versatile, and is really quite simple to prepare.
I’m confident you, your family members and other dinner guests will really enjoy this dish! The recipe can be doubled or tripled to suit your needs, too!
Cranberry pecan curried rice can be a simple weeknight side dish, or you can go all out and serve it for holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving! YUM!
I hope you have the chance to try this no-fuss recipe for cranberry pecan curried rice, because it is truly delicious! It’s a very versatile side dish that will pair well with lots of main dishes.
Thanks for stopping by, and I invite you to come back again soon for more family-friendly recipes. Take care, may God bless you, and have a GREAT day!
Looking For More RICE SIDE DISH Recipes?
You can find ALL of my recipes in the Recipe Index, which is located at the top of the page. I have a wonderful variety of side dishes featuring rice you might want to check out, including:
- Easy Homemade Rice Pilaf
- Broccoli Au Gratin Rice Pilaf
- Rainbow Rice
- Creamy Coconut Rice
- Wild Rice Salad in Pumpkin Vinaigrette
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Original recipe source, (and with thanks to Jillian Wade) at: foodfolksandfun.net/cranberry-pecan-curry-rice/
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Cranberry Pecan Curried Rice is a flavorful dish that's easy to make! Recipe yields 4 servings and is a delicious side dish for many entrees.
- 1¾ cups chicken broth
- 1 cup Basmati rice or long grain white rice
- ½ Tablespoon butter
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- ½ medium yellow onion peeled, diced
- 2 large garlic cloves minced
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans
- 2½ Tablespoons water
- 1 Tablespoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries
- 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (+ more for garnish, if desired)
Bring chicken broth and butter to a boil in a large saucepan over Medium heat. Add rice; stir to combine. Bring liquid back to a boil again, then reduce heat to a low simmer; cover pan. Cook rice (covered) for about 20 minutes. When done, remove pan from heat.
While rice cooks, heat oil on Medium heat in a separate large saucepan on Medium. Once hot, add onions; stir to combine. Cook onions, stirring often, for 5-6 minutes. Onions should become tender, translucent, and very lightly browned.
Stir pecans and garlic into onion mixture; cook 2 minutes on Medium heat, stirring often to not burn the garlic. Add curry powder, ginger, salt and pepper to pan; stir to combine.
Once rice is done cooking, remove pan from heat. Use a fork to fluff the rice, then stir hot rice into the onion mixture. Add dried cranberries and chopped, fresh parsley to hot rice; stir to fully combine all ingredients.
Transfer rice to serving dish. Top with more parsley, if desired. Serve and enjoy!
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