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Wild Rice with Cranberries and Caramelized Onlions

2 cups chicken broth
½ cup brown rice
½ cup wild rice
3 T. butter or margarine
3 medium onions, sliced into thin wedges
2 tsp. Brown sugar
1 cup Craisins Sweetened Dried Cranberries

(This is a Ocean Spray product…there are others available, such as Sunsweet)

½ tsp. Finely grated orange zest

Combine chicken  broth and both rices in a medium saucepan.  Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.  Reduce heat to low.  Cover and simmer 45 minutes or until rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed.

Meanwhile, melt butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat.  Add onions and brown sugar.  Cook 6 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and onions are soft and translucent.  Reduce heat to low.  Slowly cook onions, stirring often, for 25 minutes or until they are caramel color.  Stir in dried cranberries.

Cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.  Gently fold cranberry mixture and orange zest into rice.