Rice and fresh spinach salad
Spinach is usually eaten cooked. Though seen less often, it can also be eaten raw, like in this salad where it is combined with rice, crunchy radishes and tinned tuna.
42 K 4/5 (1 reviews)
30 min.
Easy
12 people
5 IngredientsLast modified on: January 29th 2020
For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
6 cups cooked rice - 2
1⁄3 cup radishes - 3
4 cups fresh spinach - 4
1 1⁄3 cup tuna in oil - 5
15 tablespoons french dressing (vinaigrette)
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 30 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Put 6 cups cooked rice into a salad bowl. Break up any lumps gently with your fingers.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Add 1⁄3 cup radishes, sliced into rounds.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Add to the bowl.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Then add the 1 1⁄3 cup tuna in oil.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Finish by adding 15 tablespoons french dressing (vinaigrette). Mix well and your spinach and rice salad is ready.
Remarks
The stated amounts are for guidance, so do adapt these to suit your taste and what you have to hand.
When using spinach raw, it is better to use the youngest leaves that are still tender or, best of all, "baby" spinach, if you can get it.
When using spinach raw, it is better to use the youngest leaves that are still tender or, best of all, "baby" spinach, if you can get it.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 150 RDI=60 % | 520 RDI=50 % | 960 RDI=150 % | 4,020 RDI=200 % | 16,850 RDI: 200 % |
| Per 100 g | 6 RDI=2 % | 20 RDI=2 % | 40 RDI=6 % | 170 RDI=8 % | 710 RDI: 8 % |
| Per person | 10 RDI=5 % | 40 RDI=4 % | 80 RDI=10 % | 340 RDI=20 % | 1,400 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 7.65 €
- Per person : 0.65 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
Cooked rice
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Montagnon rice, Seared tuna with lemon and lime, Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone , Comtoise stuffed tomatoes, Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, ... See them all 26
Fresh spinach
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Tuna in oil
Like these other recipes: Pan bagnat, Nanou's tuna tart, Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, Cretan salad, Tuna pasta, ... See them all 23
Radishes
Like these other recipes: Warm chicken salad, Valay salad, Baby courgette salad, Pan bagnat, The total turnip, ... See them all 30
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