Oyster Dressing

Serves:	8
Recipe Type:	Non Veg.
Calories Per Serving:	233
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Wild Rice
• ½ pound Pork Sausage
• 1 bunch Green Onions (chopped)
• 2 stalks Celery (diced)
• 1 pint unopened, fresh, live medium Oysters
• 3 tbsp fresh Parsley (chopped)
• Salt (to taste)
• Black Pepper (ground, to taste)
• 2 pinches of Paprika
• Water (as required)

Cooking Instructions:

• Open the oysters and cut them into quarters. Reserve the oyster liquid.
• Boil water along with salt, to taste.
• Add wild rice and cook for about 40 minutes till they are tender.
• Drain the rice and transfer to a shallow pan.
• Bake the rice in the oven at 275 °F (135 °C) for a few minutes to dry out the water.
• Place a skillet over medium heat and sauté pork sausage.
• Remove the sausage and keep aside. Reserve a few tbsp of the grease and discard the remaining.
• Fry green onions and celery in the sausage grease.
• Add the reserved oyster juice and mix well.
• Add oysters and cook for 7 to 10 minutes till the oysters start curling on the edges.
• Drain the mixture in a colander.
• Combine together oyster mixture, rice and sausage.
• Add parsley, black pepper and paprika. Mix well.
• Bake the preparation at 350 °F (175 °C) for few minutes till the mixture is heated well.