Tuna rice salad: Easy and quick!
After the Caesar salad that I presented to you some time ago, I come back with another quick and quick salad idea : the tuna rice salad , prepared with a lot of onion and red pepper. This cold rice salad is simply a delight. It is perfect to accompany your grills in summer, and in addition, it is ready in just 15 minutes!
About this original rice salad
As I mentioned above, this salad is ideal in summer to accompany a grill, because it is satisfying thanks to the rice. It can also very well constitute a lunch at noon or why not a light meal in the evening? What I appreciate in this recipe is that you do not have to follow the recipe for traditional rice salad to the letter; You can choose to use the ingredients you like. I'll tell you what I used for this recipe. If you see that you don't like an ingredient, you can replace it or not use it.
What to put in a rice salad: ingredients
For this composed rice salad, I used:
- Rice
- Red pepper
- Boxed tuna
- Feta (optional)
- Red onion
- Small cherry tomatoes
- Cucumber
- Fresh basil
- Salt and pepper
How to make a tuna rice salad?
Rice salad recipe
This recipe is very easy to make. After cooking the rice, you just have to cut all the other ingredients and mix them together.
For the salad sauce, you don't have to prepare it separately. Add the ingredients of the sauce directly to the salad and mix well. More details on the recipe are at the end of the article.
Rice salad sauce
For rice salad sauce, I opted for something very simple, with ingredients that everyone has on hand. I used:
- Mayonnaise
- A little olive oil to complete the oil coming from the tuna
- fresh basil branches for more freshness, but you can use dry herbs
- Salt, pepper and a little more according to the taste
What rice for a rice salad?
I prefer to use basmati rice because it cooks fairly quickly, in 10-12 minutes, and it's ready. You can also use long grain rice. I find even easier to use rice in cooking bags.
How to make a rice salad does not stick?
As I explained to you in this post on how to succeed in cooking rice, it is really important to wash the rice well before starting cooking. This step will remove the starch and prevent it from sticking
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Tuna rice salad
Ingredients
- 400 g of cooked 200 g rice of raw rice
- ½ cucumber diced
- 3 diced tomatoes
- 1 finely minced red onion
- 1 red pepper cut into dice
- 1 drained tuna box
- 1 crumbled feta package
- A few branches of chopped
- 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the rice: Cook the rice according to the package instructions, then let it cool completely. The rice of the day before is ideal for a better texture.
- Prepare the vegetables: wash and cut the cucumber, tomatoes, red onion and red pepper in uniform size.
- Assemble the salad: in a large bowl, mix the cooled rice, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, red pepper, and drained tuna.
- Add the feta and basil: crumble the feta on the rice mixture and incorporate the chopped fresh basil.
- Add the sauce: pour the mayonnaise and olive oil directly into the bowl. Season with salt and pepper according to your taste, then gently mix to coat all the ingredients.
- Serve: For better results, leave the salad in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving. This allows flavors to mix perfectly.
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