Spicy Brown Rice Salad

"A cold rice salad that is an excellent companion dish in the summer. It is also a convenient make ahead dish to stream line meal prep for large gatherings. Feel free to play with the herbs used in the salad. Just remember that the herb that is added while the rice is still hot will be the dominant flavor."
 
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Ready In:
3hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook rice. While still hot mix with olive oil, vinegars, salt, pepper, and tarragon.
  • Let stand to cool for at least an hour. Add remaining ingredients.
  • To increase protein in this dish, garnish with crumbled hard boiled egg.

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Reviews

  1. This is a wonderful, refreshing dish! I doubled the dressing and used a lot of vegetables (also added celery) because I like lots of crunch. I didn't have the parsley or the chives, so had to leave out, and used finely chopped red onion. Mz. Cat, thanks for a great recipe! I look forward to making it again!
     
  2. I loved this salad. Very good combination of herb flavours, and just the right amount of dressing to flavour the rice without drowning it or making it soggy. I would call it "herby" rather than "spicy", though. This salad would be fabulous with crumbled feta cheese. Reviewed for Pick A Chef, Fall 2007.
     
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My husband and I love to cook and we love to eat! There have been times when we practically fight over who gets to fix dinner. About two years ago we joined Weight Watchers and our combined weight lose is almost 150 pounds. The great thing is that we still love to cook and to eat but are doing so more wisely these days. The odd but true fact is that we eat what we really want to eat for the most part these days. We use real butter and you won't find a lot of diet food in our home. You will find a lot of healthy food--we eat lots of beans and vegetables and nuts and fruit but we have a yummy desert most nights--Mrs. Pettigrew's lemon cake or rocky road cake or salty oatmeal cookies. It's all about balance, understanding, budgeting and truly enjoying every moment and every bite of life!
 
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