Cool Cucumber and Rice Salad
photo by duonyte
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups long-grain rice
- 2 -3 cucumbers, seeded and finely chopped
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped parsley
- 3 tablespoons chopped dill
- 2 tablespoons chopped mint
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped green onion, green and white parts
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup white wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup yogurt
- lettuce leaf, for serving
directions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rice until tender, drain, and briefly rinse with cool water. Spread on a kitchen towel, cover with another towel, and gently pat dry.
- Meanwhile, put the cucumbers, parsley, dill and mint in a large bowl.
- Combine the onions, salt, vinegar and oil to make the dressing.
- While the rice is still warm, stir it into the cucumber mix, adding the dressing and the yogurt. Toss gently with a wide spatula. Taste for salt and pepper.
- Serve tepid or chilled on lettuce leaves.
- Note: I made this without the yogurt, as I had none, and it tasted great without it, too. You might want to stir yogurt to loosen it, to facilitate incorporating it into the salad. I think any number of herbs would taste good in this, so use what you have available. I added some lemon balm.
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Reviews
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What a very tasty way to enjoy rice and cucumber. All the ingredients went together really well. I didn't "rinse" the rice, rather, I let it cool enough so as to keep the cucumber crisp. Used jasmine rice, which is our favorite, but followed all as directed. It does make quite a bit, but we won't have a problem scoffing it up. Thank you, dyonyte, for sharing. Made it for Beach Party - summer tag game.
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Love, love, love this salad! It is so cool and refreshing! I only made half a recipe, but it made a lot and we had leftovers. It's even BETTER the next day - so in the future will make a day ahead. I could see this being a full fledged meal if you were to add some rotisserie chicken or grilled salmon. Yum! Thanks for sharing - it's a definite keeper!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
duonyte
United States
My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!