Today, we have another salad. It is summer and these dishes are very convenient to take them to the beach. So, since I am staying beside the sea these days, I would like to describe my rice salad, which for me is one of the classic summer meals.
Summer Rice Salad Recipe
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Ingredientes
- 100 g long grain rice
- 2 cans of tuna in oil blend (80 g each)
- 25 cherry tomatoes
- 25 pitted green olives
- 1 red pepper
- 1 green pepper
- 1 red onion
- 5 tablespoons of sweet corn
- 1 medium sized cucumber
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 bay leaf
- Fresh parsley, chopped, to taste
- Olive oil
- Sherry vinegar
- Salt and pepper
Elaboración
- Prepare white rice:
- In a skillet over medium heat, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Once the oil is hot, brown the garlic, peeled and lightly crushed.
- Add rice and bay leaf, stir. Then, pour the amount of water indicated on the package, usually twice the volume of rice.
- Cook for 20 minutes over low heat.
- Drain the rice and let cool. Once it is warm, keep it in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
- While the rice is cooling, prepare the other ingredients.
- Peel, wash and chop the onion as small as possible. Marinate for 10 minutes with a good dash of vinegar.
- Wash the peppers and cut them into small squares.
- Drain the tuna and crumble it.
- Peel the cucumber and cut into squares.
- Wash the cherry tomatoes and cut them into wedges.
- Cut olives in the same way.
- Once the rice is cool, mix it with tomatoes, peppers, the cucumber, the onion, rinsed and drained, tuna, olives and sweet corn.
- Finely chop the parsley leaves, previously washed and dry. Sprinkle and mix.
- Add salt and pepper to taste. Season with 5 tablespoons of olive oil and 2 tablespoons of vinegar.
- It is done. You can cool it 1 or 2 hours in the refrigerator if you want.
Sugerencias, trucos y consejos
- At the end, you can add 1/2 clove garlic, peeled, crushed and mixed with the oil.
- You can add other ingredients of your choice such as black olives, diced ham, finely chopped celery, green peas…
- The salad is much better if the rice is cold before mixing with the other ingredients, and also if you let it sit for 1-2 hours in the refrigerator before serving.