{"id":8747,"date":"2026-02-15T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:57:10","slug":"simple-wild-rice-stuffed-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/simple-wild-rice-stuffed-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Wild Rice Stuffed Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>14-lb. turkey<br \/>\n2 C. wild rice<br \/>\n1\/2 C. dried apricots, chopped<br \/>\n1\/4 C. brandy<br \/>\n7 Tbsp. butter, divided<br \/>\n1\/2 onion, chopped (1\/2 C.)<br \/>\n1\/2 C. chopped celery (1 rib)<br \/>\n2 cloves garlic, divided, minced<br \/>\n1-1\/2 tsp. dried rosemary, divided, crumbled<br \/>\nsalt to taste<br \/>\nfreshly ground pepper, to taste<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Remove neck, giblets, and liver from body cavity; wash and dry the turkey. Put the wild rice into a colander and rinse. Transfer to a 4-quart kettle and cover with 2-1\/2 quarts cold water; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 60 minutes, until tender. Drain well. Soak the apricots in the brandy for 15 minutes. Melt 4 Tbls. butter in a 9- inch skillet. Add the onion, celery, 1 clove garlic and 1 tsp. rosemary; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. In a large 3-quart mixing bowl, combine the rice, apricots, brandy and onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper. To Prepare The Basting Butter: Melt 3 Tbls. butter; add 1 clove minced garlic and 1\/2 tsp. dried rosemary. Fill the turkey cavity with the wild rice stuffing and truss. Place on a rack in a roasting pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast the turkey in a preheated 325 oven for 4 to 5 hours, or until a thermometer inserted into the thigh reads 180 to 185, and the thermometer in the center of the stuffing reads 165. Baste with seasoned butter every 30 minutes.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.&quot; (Matthew 5:6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poultry<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/simple-wild-rice-stuffed-turkey\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poultry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}