Goose Valley Wild Rice -n- Game Hens

I finally had the chance to try some of the Goose Valley Wild Rice sent to me by Nicole.. (thank you again!)

Goose Valley Wild Rice from
Goose Valley Natural Foods

I tried the Fusion package of a brown and wild rice blend....




I brined my hot tub hens in a mixture of water, kosher salt, sugar, onions, garlic, pepper and bay leaves....



fried a few pieces of bacon....





sauteed minced onion and garlic in the bacon drippings...



added chicken broth and the Fusion wild rice blend...

I let the rice simmer on low until almost all of the broth was absorbed...

then placed the pot of rice in my drum with the hens....
I smoked the hens and rice with some hickory and stirred the pot of rice about every 20 minutes, keeping an eye on the moisture content. I didn't want to let the rice dry out.

The rice smoked for about one hour and the hens took one hour and 15 minutes...

had to smoke some brown sugar/cayenne/whiskey spam...again...

















The Goose Valley Wild Rice Fusion was sooo tasty!! I'm really fond of wild rice but had not tried this brand before. It was great!


topped with the crispy bacon...

Thank you again Nicole for introducing me to your products. I'm sure I will be buying Goose Valley rice in the future. :)