Rice Salad With Roasted Red Peppers and Feta Cheese

This is a light, refreshing summer salad. The mix of flavors is really delicious. The cooking time includes cooking the rice and chilling the salad.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• Salad

• 3  cups cooked rice
• 1 (16 ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed well and drained (garbanzos)
• 3⁄4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
• 2⁄3 cup  roasted red pepper
• 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup fresh dill
• 3  scallions, very thinly sliced

• Dressing

• 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice (or more, to taste)
• 2  garlic cloves, minced
•  salt
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil

Directions

1. Combine the rice, chickpeas, feta cheese, peppers, parsley, dill,.
2. and scallions in a large bowl and toss well.
3. Whisk all the dressing ingredients.
4. Pour the dressing on the rice mixture and mix.
5. thoroughly.
6. Let sit at least 1 hour or up to 8 hours before serving.