OREGON HAZELNUT MEDLEY (MICROWAVE)

      Title: OREGON HAZELNUT MEDLEY (MICROWAVE)
  Categories: Grains, Side dish, Meatless, Microwave
       Yield: 8 Servings
  
       3 c  Cooked rice or bulgar
            -- rinsed & drained
     1/2 c  Apple chunks
     1/2 c  Dark raisins
     1/2 c  Roasted Oregon hazelnuts
     1/2 c  Mushrooms, quartered
     1/2 c  Onion, coarsely chopped
       3 c  Bok choy
            -- leaves and tender stems
       1 c  Chicken broth
  
   Pour hot water over raisins and soak 20 minutes. Drain and use the
   liquid in your favorite bread or stew recipe. Prepare vegetables as
   indicated, and slice bok choy diagonally through the leaves and
   stems. Cover and microwave all vegetables in chicken broth on FULL
   POWER for 2 minutes or until crisp tender. Remove vegetables from
   broth and reserve. Prepare roux:
   
         1    tablespoon flour
         1    tablespoon butter 1/4 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
   dash cayenne
   
   Mix flour and cayenne. Rub butter into flour mixture until smooth.
   Add 1/4 cup broth from vegetables and stir until blended; gradually
   add this mixture to the rest of the broth and stir until smooth. Add
   parsley and microwave on FULL POWER for 90 seconds, stirring every 30
   seconds until thick. Toss rice, vegetables, hazelnuts, raisins and
   thickened broth until well mixed. Adjust salt. Heat through on FULL
   POWER for 1 minute.
   
   * COOKFDN brings you this recipe with permission from: * Oregon
   Hazelnut Industry and The Hazelnut Marketing Board
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