Rice salad with chick peas and tuna in oil
( Insalata di riso ceci e tonno )

Recipe for rice salad with chick peas and tuna in oil

Preparation and cooking

• - Cook chick peas until tender. You could need more than an hour.
  So it would be better to use a pressure cooker.
  Remember to add bay leaves too.
• - When your chick peas are tender, drain them very well and let them cool.
• - Meanwhile cook rice in abundant salt water.
• - Drain your rice and cool under cold running water to stop its cooking.
  Drain it again very well.
• - Pour it into a large bowl.
• - Add chick peas, tuna and aromatic herbs too.
• - Dress with olive oil and season to taste with salt.

Just before serving

• - Wait at least for an hour to serve your rice salad with chick peas and tuna.
• - If you prepare this rice salad ahead chill it but keep it back to room temperature before serving,

Note

Tips

• - For a quicker recipe. You can use canned chick peas, well drained. 1 400g (14 ounces) can should be enough.
• - You can use fresh aromatic herbs instead of dried ones. The taste is better.

Menu planning

• - This rice salad with chick peas and tuna is a perfect summer dish because you can eat it cold.
• - You can also serve this rice salad in a meal, buffet-style or in your alfresco dinner or BBQ party or casual get-together menu.
• - In the case of multi-course menu the doses are enough for more people.

Healthy eating

• - This cold dish hasn't many ingrendients but they are enough to reach medium-high calories, protein and fat. So you have to consider it as a single-course meal. Besides it isn't well balanced for the absence of vegetables.
• - If you like the combination of its ingredients and would prepare it for your daily lunch, use these amounts per head: 50g (1 3/4 ounce) rice, 30g (1 ounce) dried chick peas, 60g (2.1 ounces) tuna in oil, less than 2 tsp olive oil, aromatic herbs according to your own taste.
  Complete your menu with seasonal raw vegetables if you're still hungry.
  Planning the menu for the rest of the day be careful not to choose foods too rich protein and prefer vegetables.
• - This rice salad has only 4.3g of fibers and the recommended daily intake is 30g.
• - I remember you all my original home recipes can be made without salt. There is always a combination of flavors that substitutes salt.
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What's the right wine for " Rice salad with chick peas and tuna in oil "?

Pair Regaleali Rosato (rosé wine of Sicily - Italy) with this tasty rice salad or another rosè wine according to your own taste. Carlo and I like Regaleali Rosato very much because it leaves a particular aftertaste: a pleasant sensation of fresh and ripe fruit.