How To Make Italian Tuna and Brown Rice Salad
Rice on a salad? Jump in this Italian dish of Tuna Brown Rice Salad – an easy recipe resulting in a tasty bowl that also comes with veggies and capers!
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking:
Total: 15 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cansItalian premium yellowfin canned tuna in oil,drained
- 1cupbrown rice,cooked and cooled
- 8ozfrozen classic mixed vegetables,Bird’s Eye cooked and cooled
- ¼cupblack olives,good quality sliced
- 2tbspcapers,drained, plus 1 tbsp of the brine
- ¼cupred bell pepper,chopped
- ½lemon juice
- ½tbspolive oil
Instructions
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Drain the tuna well reserving the oil and set the oil aside.
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In a large work bowl, combine the rice, drained tuna, vegetables, black olives, capers, and bell pepper.
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Pour 1 tablespoon of the brine from the capers into the bowl along with the juice of ½ of lemon and ½ tablespoon of the oil and toss well.
Nutrition
- Calories: 398.80kcal
- Fat: 11.10g
- Saturated Fat: 1.96g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.89g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.26g
- Carbohydrates: 43.14g
- Fiber: 3.94g
- Sugar: 1.93g
- Protein: 30.22g
- Cholesterol: 15.39mg
- Sodium: 642.09mg
- Calcium: 52.24mg
- Potassium: 497.52mg
- Iron: 3.04mg
- Vitamin A: 366.82µg
- Vitamin C: 17.31mg
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