How to Prepare Perfect Brown rice and tuna salad

Brown rice and tuna salad. Mix relish, vinegar, oil and mustard. Add remaining ingredients and toss to coat. This easy Brown Rice and Tuna Salad recipe is full of colorful vegetables that have been sautéed, seasoned and blended with fluffy rice.

It makes also a great party dish. Place rice in a medium bowl. Combine oil, vinegar, salt and pepper; pour over rice and toss to coat. You can have Brown rice and tuna salad using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Brown rice and tuna salad

1. Prepare of brown rice, cooked.
2. Prepare of bell pepper or tomato, chopped.
3. Prepare of cucumber, deseeded, chopped.
4. It's of garlic, minced.
5. Prepare of onion, small, finely chopped.
6. You need of dried fruit / pineapple tidbits, drained.
7. You need of lettuce.
8. Prepare of Protein & Spices.
9. Prepare of chunky tuna in water/brine, drained.
10. Prepare of chopped walnuts.
11. You need of lemon / lime juice.
12. Prepare of salt, to taste (garlic salt is ok too).
13. It's of paprika or cayenne, to taste.
14. It's of olive oil, to taste.
15. It's of honey, to taste.
16. It's of Optional.
17. It's of mayo-less egg salad (check my cookpad page for recipe)OR.
18. Prepare of hummus.

Stir in the tuna, tomatoes, cucumber and onion. Line a serving platter with lettuce; top with salad. Garnish with eggs, olives and lemon if desired. This post is sponsored by Blue Harbor, a producer of sustainably caught tuna, which I used for this Italian Rice Salad with Tuna (Insalata di Riso).

Brown rice and tuna salad instructions

1. Wash and cook brown rice according to package instruction..
2. 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].
3. 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..
4. 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..
5. 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..
6. 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..
7. 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!.

It's a very healthy, light and refreshing meal, which is sure to satisfy. Fresh summer produce, like tomatoes, peppers and corn, combine with this amazing Albacore tuna rice to create a perfect healthy and light summer meal. This Easy Tuna Rice Salad is so simple to make, but tastes great. Perfect for a light lunch, as part of a picnic or at a potluck/buffet. Alternatively, serve with a green side salad and some crusty bread for a more substantial meal.

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