Greek Chopped Rice Salad

30 - 40 Minutes
Greek
Serves: 4
Greek Chopped Rice Salad

Two quick steps are all it takes to prepare a fresh and healthy Greek inspired rice salad.

Made with

Authentic Basmati Rice

Ingredients

1 cup Royal® ® Basmati Rice

1 small cucumber, diced

1/2 red onion, diced

1 medium tomato, diced

1/2 cup canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed

1/3 cup crumbled feta

1/3 cup kalamata olives

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 garlic clove, minced

1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano or 1/4 teaspoon dried

1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Preparation

  1. Combine rice and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan.
  2. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to simmer until tender, about 20 minutes.
  3. After cooking, spread out on a plate to cool completely.
  4. In a medium bowl toss together cooled rice, cucumber, onion, tomato, chickpeas, feta, olives, vinegar, oil, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper.
  5. Serve at room temperature or chilled.