Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, brown rice and tuna salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Brown rice and tuna salad is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Brown rice and tuna salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
More tuna salad recipes you may like are Chickpea Tuna Salad, Tuna Salad Wraps and Mayo-less Tuna Macaroni Salad. The inspiration for this recipe is a Tips for Brown Rice Tuna Salad: I drained the tuna really well and reserved some of the olive oil to add to my salad - winner! As a test, I left one.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have brown rice and tuna salad using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Brown rice and tuna salad:
- Make ready 1 cup brown rice, cooked
- Get 1 pc. bell pepper or tomato, chopped
- Make ready 1/2 pc. cucumber, deseeded, chopped
- Take 1 clove garlic, minced
- Make ready 1/2 onion, small, finely chopped
- Take Handful dried fruit / pineapple tidbits, drained
- Get Handful lettuce
- Get Protein & Spices
- Make ready 1/2 can chunky tuna in water/brine, drained
- Take Handful chopped walnuts
- Take 1/8 cup lemon / lime juice
- Get Dash salt, to taste (garlic salt is ok too)
- Make ready Dash paprika or cayenne, to taste
- Make ready Dash olive oil, to taste
- Make ready Dash honey, to taste
- Get Optional
- Take 1 tbsp mayo-less egg salad (check my cookpad page for recipe)OR
- Take 1 tbsp hummus
We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. This quick, healthy and tasty tuna and brown rice salad is perfect for lunch boxes. Add tomatoes, cucumber, rocket and tuna to rice. Ideal for busy households, this hearty salad keeps well in the fridge for up to three days, ready to be spooned into a bowl whenever you're peckish The cooked rice will have probably clumped together, so break it up in a large mixing bowl.
Steps to make Brown rice and tuna salad:
- Wash and cook brown rice according to package instruction.
- Prepare your bell peppers, onion, and garlic: wash, slice, chop and place them all on a big bowl. [You also have to option to quick fry your onion and garlic if you like, before mixing them with other ingredients]
- On the same bowl, add in all the specified protein and spices [and the optional ingredients you fancy]. Set aside and cover while waiting for rice to cook.
- Wash your lettuce, then dry, and cut them into bite sizes by hands. Transfer 1 serving of lettuce on a serving bowl and set aside. Keep leftover lettuce on a ziplock bag and store in fridge. Note: Using a knife to cut lettuce makes lettuce taste bitter. Strange but true, based from experience.
- Soon as the brown rice is cooked. Take 1 cup rice. Add them to the bowl of quickly marinated veggies (w/o lettuce). Mix them well.
- For 1 serve, transfer 1/2 cup brown rice mixture on the serving bowl with lettuce and stir them a bit. Garnish with extra chopped walnuts or dried fruit if you want.
- Keep the brown rice mix leftovers on a container then store in fridge. And it would taste even better the next day! If the leftover mixture has cooled down, you can mix-in the lettuce before storing the meal in fridge. Or alternatively, just bring a ziplock of lettuce with your packed brown rice and mix them upon consumption. Enjoy!
Flake in the tuna, then mix in the peas, peppers, tomatoes. Stir the rice, tuna, corn, sweet pickle relish, and salad dressing in a large bowl to combine. I have dietary restrictions so I substituted brown rice for the white rice; frozen peas low sodium tuna packed in water vegan mayonnaise and I spiced it up with a bit of organic Old Bay seasoning. This popular rice and tuna salad pairs well with almost any fish, chicken or meat dinner. Vary the salad by trying different vegetables for color and texture.
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