This recipe for rice salad with tuna and egg that we show you next is one of those perfect dishes to make when you don’t feel like cooking and you have a little rice left (or you have the kind that is prepared in the microwave).
It is a brown rice salad that, although it is not a light dish, you can include it in your diet without problems, since it is not a calorie bomb either. You may be surprised by the mixture of tuna and bacon, but it is precisely this mixture of flavors, combined with the boiled egg, that makes this simple cold salad very special. Don’t think twice and join us to learn how to make rice salad with tuna and egg.
Ingredients to make Rice Salad with Tuna and Egg:
- 2 cans of prickly pear
- 2 boiled eggs
- ½ can of corn
- 1 handful of stuffed olives
- 1 pinch of salt and pepper
- 50 grams of bacon in strips
- 120 grams of cooked rice
- 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise
How to make Rice Salad with Tuna and Egg:
Start by gathering all the ingredients to make our rice and tuna salad. We have used brown rice, but you can make white rice with tuna. Heat a frying pan and brown the bacon strips, the idea is that they are crispy to give texture to the rice with cold tuna. Meanwhile, she takes advantage and cuts the olives in half.
You can use olives stuffed with anchovy or paprika, the ones you like the most. The important thing is that, in any case, they are pitted olives. Finely chop one of the boiled eggs. The other you can chop into pieces for the decoration of the plate.
If you have doubts, here is a complete guide with the secrets to prepare perfect boiled eggs. Place the cooked rice in a bowl. Remember that rice salads like this one can be made with leftover rice from the day before. Anyway, if you have to make it from scratch, here is the step-by-step recipe for white rice.
Add the corn and bacon to the bowl with the rice and mix these first ingredients well. Remember that it is better that all this cold or at room temperature before mixing, because this tuna and rice salad is a cold salad.
Now add the tuna, previously drained, along with the chopped egg, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Stir well until the ingredients are evenly distributed. Salt test and correct if necessary. Plate the rice salad with a kitchen ring and place some crackers and olives on one side.
If you want you can add the olives in the previous step and mix with everything else, but this way it will be more elegant when serving. Serve the rice salad with tuna and egg and enjoy! We prepare this salad for lunch, but you can also serve it as a starter.
Rice and light tuna salad and other recipes
As we have mentioned before, this cold salad is not a very heavy meal, so you can include it in your diet without fear of losing your figure, as it is also very healthy and nutritious. However, if you are on a slimming diet, you can remove certain ingredients to make a rice and light tuna salad with fewer calories. You can do without the bacon and mayonnaise and you will have a perfect alternative for you.
And if you want to try other flavors, you can add crab sticks or other vegetables to accompany the delicious flavor of the tuna and the smooth texture of the eggs.
