Rice & Tuna Salad
Total Time: 30 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 2 cups long grain rice
- 4 cups water
- 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1 large carrot, grated
- 1 (7 ounce) can albacore tuna in water, drained and flaked
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (to taste)
Recipe
- 1 combine the rice and water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil.
- 2 reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until rice is tender and the water has been absorbed.
- 3 in a medium bowl, toss together the romainee lettuce, carrot, and tuna.
- 4 pour the olive oil and vinegar over this mixture, and season with salt and pepper.
- 5 toss to coat.
- 6 when the rice is done, cool for about 5 minutes, then toss with the salad.
- 7 the warm rice will wilt the romaine lettuce slightly.
- 8 taste and adjust the amounts of vinegar and oil or salt and pepper if desired.
- 9 serve immediately.
- 10 this does not keep well.
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