Name: “Sicilian” Rice Salad Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 27 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1½ cups rice; ¼ cup Pine nuts; ⅓ cup oil packed sun dried tomatoes; 2 tbsp capers; ⅓ cup red onion; 1 can tuna; 1 anchovy fillets; ¼ cup olive oil; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp red or white wine vinegar; ¾ tsp salt; ½ tsp fresh ground black pepper; ¼ cup basil or mint leaves

How To Make “Sicilian” Rice Salad

Crunchy pine nuts, salty capers, and rich sun-dried tomatoes makes up this light but flavorful rice salad! An Italian-inspired dish made in under an hour.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 27 minutes

Total: 37 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1½cupsrice
¼cuppine nuts
⅓cupoil packed sun dried tomatoes,drained , chopped
2tbspcapers,drained
⅓cupred onion,(about ½ small onion), chopped
1cantuna
1anchovy fillets
¼cupolive oil
1tbsplemon juice
2tbspred wine vinegar,or white wine
¾tspsalt
½tspfresh ground black pepper
¼cupbasil,or mint leaves, thin sliced

Instructions

Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Stir in the rice and boil for 10 to 12 minutes until just done.
Drain. Rinse with cold water and drain thoroughly. Put the rice in a large glass or stainless-steel bowl.
In a small frying pan, toast the pine nuts over moderately low heat, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes, until golden brown. Or toast the pine nuts in a 350 degrees oven for 5 to 10 minutes.
Stir the toasted pine nuts, the sun-dried tomatoes, capers, onion, tuna and anchovies into the rice.
Toss the rice salad with the oil, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, pepper and basil.
Serve and enjoy!