Easy Supper Rice Salad
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
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3 3/4 cups
- Serves:
- 5
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3⁄4 cup long grain rice
- 6 ounces cooked chicken breasts (2 breasts)
- 4 green onions, diced
- 10 black olives, halved
- 2 plum tomatoes, diced
- 1⁄4 cucumber, diced
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh parsley or 1/4 cup basil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
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Dressing
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried oregano
directions
- Place water in pot with salt.
- Bring to a boil and add rice.
- turn to low, cover, and cook, 20 minutes, or until al dente.
- Cool.
- Fluff with fork.
- If rice is sticky, rinse with cold water, then it will seperate.
- You should have 2 1/2 cups cooked rice for this recipe.
- Dice or slice chicken and all vegetables.
- But do one or the other as it will look better, all sliced or all diced.
- Combine in a bowl, and toss with the dressing.
- Dressing.
- Mix all ingredients, vinegar, garlic, oil, and oregano, salt, and pepper.
- Chill.
- This recipe can be doubled or tripled as needed.
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Reviews
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Wonderful main dish salad on a hot summer day. I had some leftover rice that had been cooked in broth that I wanted to use up. I didn't have green onions or fresh parsley or basil, but I did have fresh chives so I used those instead. I also added some diced celery. I served this over mixed salad greens that were dressed with Italian dressing.
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Wonderful main dish salad on a hot summer day. I had some leftover rice that had been cooked in broth that I wanted to use up. I didn't have green onions or fresh parsley or basil, but I did have fresh chives so I used those instead. I also added some diced celery. I served this over mixed salad greens that were dressed with Italian dressing.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
andypandy
Canada
Grandmother of two boys, great grandmother of one ...worked in hardware and construction for forty years, read all cookbooks, watch all cook shows on tv. like to cook all types of new recipes.