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Rice Salad With Arugula, Pine Nuts And Olives

Courses: Salads
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

3 cups 711mlCanned chicken broth
2 cups 320g / 11ozLong-grain rice
5 tablespoons 75mlOlive oil
3/4 cup 177mlSlivered pitted Mediterranean olives - (abt 4 oz)
  = (such as Kalamata)
2 tablespoons 30mlFresh lemon juice
1   Fresh arugula - (1/2 oz) - stemmed, chopped
3   Green onions - minced
1/2 cup 118mlPine nuts - toasted
1/3 cup 48g / 1.7ozFreshly-grated Romano cheese
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Bring 3 cups chicken broth to boil in heavy medium saucepan. Add rice. Bring to boil, reduce heat to low, cover and cook until chicken broth is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Turn off heat and let stand 5 minutes.

Fluff rice with fork. Transfer to large bowl. Mix in 5 tablespoons olive oil, then all remaining ingredients. Season salad to taste with pepper. (Salad can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, July 1991

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