This Oriental rice salad recipe is both healthy and delicious.
Easy to make on hot summer days, it is one of my favorite summer salad recipes.
Cold rice salads are a nice change and a great addition to a buffet table or barbeque menu.
It’s a great recipe for dinner on a warm evening when you just want something cool.
This one is also very healthy, with lots of fresh vegetables. You can choose to use brown rice to make it even healthier.
Feel free to vary the vegetables to suit your taste. In the variation pictured above I omitted the spinach.
The raisins add a bit of sweetness but you can leave them out or substitute chopped apricots. Either one is delicious in this rice salad.
Serve this salad with grilled chicken or beef.
Because of it’s Asian flavors it also works well with Chinese dishes.
Note:
If you really need this to be gluten free, please make sure you are using a gluten free soy sauce. Some are not.
I hope you enjoy this recipe. If you do make it, let us all know how it turned out for you. Use the comments area below the Pinterest button.
Rice Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- 1/2 cup green onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup celery, chopped
- 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 cup cashews
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Cook the rice according to package directions or start with leftover cooked rice.
- In a large bowl add rice, bean sprouts, raisins, red pepper, green onion, celery and mushrooms. Add spinach and cashews and toss gently.
- In a small bowl blend soy sauce, oil, garlic and lemon juice. Pour over salad and toss well.
- This rice salad tastes even better if left to marinate for an hour or so before eating.
Nutrition
Variation:
- You can switch things up a bit by replacing some of the vegetables with finely chopped snow peas or Chinese cabbage.
- Add cooked peas for added color and flavor.
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This comment has been transferred from the older version of the site: Something Different… by Cindy (Ontario, Canada) I was looking for something different, so tried this salad and quite liked it. It was easy to make and very filling. I would rate it at 4. I will make it again but will change the amounts of the dressing ingredients to 1/2 cup soya sauce, 1/4 cup oil and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.