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Egg Wild Rice and Tuna Salad

Egg Topped Wild Rice & Tuna Salad

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    4 serving

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Serves: 4

Light and healthy, this summer-style salad makes for a speedy lunch. With a gorgeous contrast of oily fish, fresh onion and piquant capers, you can rustle up this dish using food cupboard staples in just 15 minutes. For a lunchbox version, take the dressing in a separate container and add just before eating.
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Ingredients

  • 6 free range eggs
  • 500g microwave rice mix
  • 400g sugar snap peas, thinly sliced lenghtways
  • 2 red onions, finely sliced into rings
  • 60g flat leaf parsley, stalks discarded
  • 2 round lettuce, torn
  • 2 tbsp capers
  • 396g tinned tuna steak, drained and broken into chunks
  • 8 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, (for the dressing)
  • 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar, (for the dressing)
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard, (for the dressing)

Method

Step 1

Bring a pan of water to the boil and cook the eggs for 5 mins, drain and run under cold water. Then peel the shells off and set aside.

Step 2

While the eggs are cooking, pop the rice in the microwave and cook to pack instructions (around 2 mins), transfer into a bowl and set aside to cool.

Step 3

Now make the dressing by combining everything together in a bowl with some seasoning.

Step 4

Place the sugar snap peas, red onion, parsley leaves, lettuce leaves, capers and rice into a large bowl. Drizzle over 3tbsp of the dressing, tossing to coat all the salad ingredients.

Step 5

Divide the salad between two plates, and top with the eggs cut in half (3 halves per plate) and the tuna chunks.

Step 6

Finish with a little extra drizzle of dressing over the eggs and tuna and serve.

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