Wild Rice Salad
This Wild Rice Salad features chickpeas, cranberries, and toasted pecans. Tossed with a honey-sweetened sesame ginger dressing, and topped with lots of cilantro, this is an easy, healthy recipe.
Servings 8
Calories 355kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked wild rice approx 1 cup uncooked
- 1 ½ cups cooked brown rice approx ¾ cup uncooked
- 14 oz can chickpeas drained and rinsed (1 ½ cups chickpeas)
- 1 large sweet red pepper diced
- 2 medium roma tomatoes diced
- 1 cup fresh cilantro chopped
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup chopped toasted pecans
Dressing:
- 2 tablespoon honey or other liquid sweetener
- 1 tablespoon grated ginger use frozen ginger!
- 1 clove garlic grated or crushed
- ¼ cup light soy sauce I prefer Bragg's liquid aminos
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
Instructions
- Start by cooking your rice. Brown and wild rice both normally take around 45 minutes. Set rice aside to cool - spread it out on a sheet pan to speed up the cooling if needed.
- To make the dressing, whisk together honey (or other liquid sweetener), ginger, garlic, soy, sesame oil, and rice vinegar.
- In a large bowl, combine cooled rices, chickpeas, red pepper, tomatoes, cilantro, and dried cranberries.
- Pour the dressing over the top and stir well to combine ingredients.
- If you are serving immediately, add the pecans, otherwise, save them and toss them through the salad at the last minute.
- Top with extra cilantro if you like.
Notes
- Nutrition values are an estimate only.
- I don't have wild rice. Bummer. But really, you can use any blend of rice or grains you're into.
- Can I make this recipe in advance? You bet! Just leave the pecans and cilantro out until the last minute.
- How long will this salad last? It'll be good for about 3 days in your fridge.
- I want to make more/ less or this recipe. No problem! Just adjust the number of servings in the recipe card below and it'll do the math for ya!
Nutrition
Calories: 355kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 547mg | Potassium: 288mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 790IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1.9mg