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Vegetable Paella Rice Salad

This hearty and healthy rice salad has all the classic Spanish flavours by using our Paella Spice Blend. Perfect either as a mid-week lunch salad, or as a side dish to a BBQ. If adding meat, grilled sliced chorizo, chicken or prawns would all work very well.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Yield: Serves 6
Category: Salad
Cuisine: Mediterranean
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Ingredients

  • 500g brown rice or a mix of brown, wild and red rice
  • 1 yellow or green zucchini (100g), finely sliced
  • 150g tinned or marinated artichokes, cut into quarters
  • 200g piquillo peppers, drained and sliced (or use roasted red capsicum)
  • 1/2 cup (115g) frozen peas, defrosted
  • 1/2 cup (30g) flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped

Dressing

  • 2 tsp Herbie’s Paella Spice Mix
  • 2 tbsp warm water (this is needed to allow the colour and flavour of the saffron to be released)
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

  1. Cook rice until tender, then drain and rinse well.
  2. For dressing ingredients, combine in a small jar and shake, or whisk.
  3. In a large bowl, mix rice with vegetables and dressing and season to taste.
  4. Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled.
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Nutritional Information
Serving Size 188
Calories 328
Sugar 4.7g
Sodium 1g
Fat 1.2g
Saturated Fat 0g
Carbohydrates 69g
Fiber 4.7g
Protein 8.4g