Greek Rice Salad

Name: Greek Rice Salad
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, European, Greek
Ingredients: 1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and diced; 355 milliliters diced English cucumbers; 118 milliliters crumbled feta cheese; 59 milliliters chopped fresh mint; 1 teaspoons minced garlic; 1 teaspoons ground black pepper; 59 milliliters sliced Kalamata olives; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 59 milliliters lemon juice; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 237 milliliters uncooked long grain brown rice; 3 Tbsps olive oil; 79 milliliters diced red onion; 2 vine-ripened tomatoes, diced; 591 milliliters water

Need a gluten free and vegetarian side dish? Greek Rice Salad could be an outstanding recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 12g of fat, and a total of 215 calories. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. If you have lemon juice, cucumbers, kalamatan olives, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours.

Instructions

Bring the brown rice and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed, 45 to 50 minutes; remove from heat and allow to cool, fluffing occasionally with a fork.

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Brown Rice

Water

Rice

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Sauce Pan

Toss the avocado and lemon juice together in a large bowl.

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Lemon Juice

Avocado

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Bowl

Add the tomatoes, cucumber, onion, feta, olives, mint, olive oil, lemon zest, garlic, salt, and pepper to the bowl; lightly toss the mixture until evenly combined. Fold the cooled rice gently into the mixture.

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Lemon Zest

Olive Oil

Cucumber

Tomato

Garlic

Olives

Pepper

Onion

Feta Cheese

Mint

Rice

Salt

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Bowl

Serve immediately or chill up to 1 hour; the salad does not last well for more than a day as the tomato and cucumber begin to release their juices and the salad becomes watery.

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Cucumber

Tomato