Fruity Rice Salad and Orange Vinaigrette

UNCLE BEN'S® Ready Rice® serves as the base for an extremely versatile salad perfectly suited to accompany any meal! The Original Rice can become the Ready Basmati Rice or Whole Grain Brown Rice, dried cranberries can become golden raisins, pecans can become pistachios or walnuts, celery can become water chestnuts or apples! Use your imagination!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 281 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup chopped green onions
• 1 pinch salt and pepper to taste
• ½ teaspoon honey
• ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise, or more to taste
• 1 small clove garlic, minced
• 1 (8.8 ounce) pouch UNCLE BEN'S® Ready Rice® Original Long Grain
• ¼ cup sliced celery
• ¼ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Ocean Spray® Craisins®)
• 1⁄16 cup toasted pecans, broken into pieces
• 1 tablespoon diced red onion
• 2 tablespoons blood orange white balsamic vinegar
• 4 tablespoons lemon-infused olive oil

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Microwave rice according to package instructions; refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes.

Step 2

Place rice in serving bowl. Add celery, dried cranberries, pecans, green onions, and red onions. Stir in mayonnaise.

Step 3

Whisk together white balsamic vinegar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, honey, and garlic.

Step 4

Toss rice salad with vinaigrette. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate for at least an hour to allow flavors to blend.