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Brown Jasmine Rice Salad

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Submitted by angelahardemon

A vibrant chilled rice salad tossing wild and basmati rice with snow peas, green beans, cucumber, oranges, and Granny Smith apples in a ginger-soy-honey-lime sauce. Fresh, crunchy, and full of contrast.

YIELD

1 salad

PREP

15 min

COOK

20 min

READY

1 hrs

This salad is a study in contrasts, and every single one of them works.

Chewy wild rice and fluffy basmati get tossed with crisp snow peas, steamed green beans, crunchy water chestnuts, cool cucumber, and bright bites of orange and tart Granny Smith apple.

The dressing is where it all comes together: soy sauce, honey, fresh ginger, cilantro, and lime juice simmered down to a glossy, syrupy sauce that coats every grain.

Serve it chilled as a side or pile it high as a light main. It holds up beautifully for potlucks and picnics since there’s no mayo in sight.

Chef Tips

  • Cook and cool the rice completely before tossing. Warm rice will wilt the vegetables and turn the salad mushy.
  • Reduce the sauce until it’s the consistency of maple syrup. Too thin and it slides right off the rice instead of clinging.
  • Add the diced apple last and toss with a bit of extra lime juice to keep it from browning.
  • This salad actually improves after a few hours in the fridge as the flavors meld together.

Ingredients

Sauce
½ 118
CUP ML CILANTRO
chopped
6 6
SLICES SLICES GINGER
thin
2 30
TABLESPOONS ML LIME JUICE
2 ½ 591
CUPS ML WATER
½ 118
CUP ML HONEY
or brown sugar
Salad
3 710
CUPS ML WILD RICE
cooked and cooled
3 710
CUPS ML BASMATI RICE
cooked and cooled
1 5
TEASPOON ML RED PEPPER FLAKE
ground, or cayenne pepper
1 237
CUP ML GREEN BEANS
thinly sliced, steamed and cooled
1 237
CUP ML SNOW PEA POD
thinly sliced
1 1
EACH CUCUMBER
thinly sliced and quartered
1 237
1 237
CUP ML ORANGES
finely diced *
1 237
CUP ML GRANNY SMITH APPLE
finely diced *
1 1
CAN CAN WATER CHESTNUT
sliced *
½ 118
CUP ML CILANTRO
chopped
1 ½ 23
TABLESPOONS ML LIME JUICE

Directions

Sauce: Combine sauce ingredients in saucepan, bring to rolling boil. Reduce heat, simmer until sauce is consistency of maple syrup, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.

Combine salad ingredients, drizzle sauce over and toss gently. Chill and serve.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 606g (21.4 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 491 3% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 0g 2%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 1817mg 76%
Total Carbohydrate 37g 37%
Dietary Fiber 6g 22%
Sugars g
Protein 27g
Vitamin A 14% Vitamin C 50%
Calcium 7% Iron 24%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Low Fat, Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, High Fiber
 

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