Best Rice And Asparagus Salad Recipes

RICE SALAD WITH ROCK SHRIMP AND ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil; add a large pinch of salt. Blanch asparagus until bright green and tender, about 3 minutes. Immediately transfer with tongs to ice-water bath to stop the cooking. Drain well; pat dry. Cut spears on the diagonal into thin pieces; set aside.
• Bring rice and 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Cover, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 10 minutes; set aside.
• Heat sesame and olive oils in a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Add shrimp; stir to coat. Stir in lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper; cook until shrimp are pink and cooked through, about 3 minutes. Stir shrimp, rice, asparagus, and almonds in a large bowl. Garnish with lemon zest.

BROWN RICE SALAD WITH ASPARAGUS, GOAT CHEESE, AND LEMON

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add half of asparagus with tips pointed in 1 direction and remaining asparagus with tips pointed in opposite direction. Using tongs, arrange spears in even layer (they will not quite fit into single layer); cover and cook until bright green and still crisp, 2 to 5 minutes. Uncover, increase heat to high, season with salt and pepper to taste, and continue to cook until tender and well browned on 1 side, 5 to 7 minutes, using tongs to occasionally move spears from center to edge of pan to ensure all are browned. Transfer to plate and let cool completely. Cut into 1-inch pieces.
• Whisk olive oil, shallot, lemon zest and juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper together in a large bowl. Transfer cooled rice to the bowl. Add asparagus, all but 2 tablespoons goat cheese, and dressing; toss to combine. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• Add 1/3 cup almonds and 3 tablespoons parsley; toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with remaining almonds, reserved 2 tablespoons goat cheese, and remaining 1 tablespoon parsley; serve.

RICE, ASPARAGUS AND CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring 1 3/4 cups water to boil. Add rice; return to boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until water is absorbed and rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Fluff with fork; transfer to bowl. Cool to room temperature.
• Cook asparagus in a large saucepan of boiling salted water until tender, about 1 minute. Drain and rinse with cold water to cool. Cut the asparagus into 1-inch pieces. Add asparagus, cucumber and green onions to rice.
• Whisk together the mustard, sugar, vinegar, dry mustard, oil and chopped dill. Cover salad and dressing separately. Refrigerate until chilled.
• Pour dressing into salad and season with salt and pepper. Line large bowl with lettuce and mound salad in bowl. Garnish with dill sprigs.

GRILLED CHICKEN AND ASPARAGUS RICE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine rice and 1 cup of water in a heavy-bottomed pot. Bring to a boil; cover and simmer, cooking for a total of 17 minutes, until liquid has been absorbed and rice is tender.
• Wash and dry chicken. Grill on both sides until cooked through, about 10 to 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile wash asparagus and trim off the tough ends. Steam the asparagus for 7 to 10 minutes, depending on thickness of stalks.
• Rinse the capers and chop coarsely. Mince the garlic. Pit the olives and chop coarsely. Combine the capers, garlic, olives, vinegar, oil and mustard, and whisk together.
• When asparagus is cooked, drain and cut into one-inch pieces; add to dressing.
• When chicken is cooked, cut into narrow julienne strips and cut each strip in half. Add to dressing.
• Wash, dry and chop basil, and stir in. Wash, trim and cut tomatoes into bite-size pieces, and stir in. Add the rice when it is cooked. Season with salt and pepper, and mix well.

WARM MUSHROOM, ROASTED ASPARAGUS AND WILD RICE SALAD WITH FETA RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring the wild wild rice and broth to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer covered, until the rice is tender, about 50 minutes.
• About 30 minutes in, heat the oil in a pan.
• Add the onion and saute until tender, about 3-5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
• Add the mushrooms and saute until just caramelized, about 10-15 minutes, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Meanwhile, toss the asparagus in the oil along with some salt and pepper.
• Spread the asparagus out in a single layer on a baking dish and roast in a preheated 400F/200C oven until tender, about 10-15 minutes.
• Mix the wild rice, mushrooms, asparagus, dill and balsamic vinaigrette.
• Serve with the mushrooms and wild rice on a bed of salad greens, topped with roasted asparagus and garnished with crumbled feta.

RICE SALAD WITH ASPARAGUS AND PEAS

Steps:

• Finely mince garlic and anchovies together with 1 teaspoon salt on a cutting board until a paste forms. Transfer to a bowl; whisk in vinegar and oil.
• Cook rice in a pot of salted boiling water until tender, about 13 minutes. Add asparagus and peas; cook until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Drain and transfer to bowl with vinaigrette.
• Add onion and radicchio, toss to combine, and season with salt. Let stand 30 minutes. Add basil, toss to combine, and let stand 30 minutes more before serving.

ORANGE-TARRAGON DUCK BREAST WITH GREEN SALAD AND ASPARAGUS-ALMOND RICE

Steps:

• Rub a skillet with 1 tablespoon butter. Lightly score duck breaks through skin, but not the flesh, in a cross-hatch pattern. Season duck breasts with salt and pepper and place in cold pan skin side down and turn heat on to medium-medium high. Cook until crispy, 15 minutes, turn. Drain off some of the fat and discard. Mix marmalade with 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar and tarragon, salt and pepper, reserve. Once you flip the duck, pour the marmalade sauce over top and reduce heat. Loosely cover pan and let the duck hang out a couple of minutes more.
• While duck cooks, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a medium pot and toast nuts 2 minutes, add rice and toast 1 minute more. Add stock and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat 15 minutes. Trim off the top 4 inches of asparagus and thinly slice on the bias. Add to rice and cook rice 2 to 3 minutes more for a total of 17 to 18 minutes.
• While rice cooks, combine endive, cress and frisee in a salad bowl. Combine shallots and Dijon with 2 tablespoons vinegar, salt and pepper. Whisk in 1/4 to 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil and pour over salad. Garnish with oranges.
• Serve duck breast on salad with asparagus-almond rice alongside.

HELL'S KITCHEN AHI TUNA WITH GINGER RICE CAKE, ASPARAGUS AND SHIITAKE SALAD, AND SPICY CHILI AIOLI

Steps:

• Rice Cake: Bring sugar and vinegar to a boil in a small pan. Remove and let cool. Wash rice in running water for 5 minutes. Transfer to a pot with 1 cup water, salt, and ginger. Bring rice to a boil then turn down to the lowest flame and cover. Cook rice until tender but a slight bite is left. Transfer rice to a wooden bowl and mix with sugar/vinegar mixture. Let cool slightly and press the rice into four small cakes either with a mold or by hand. Sauté rice cakes in 1 Tbs. peanut oil over high heat until crispy. Transfer cakes to 350-degree oven to heat through. Salad: Peel and blanch asparagus in boiling salted water for 2 minutes, then quickly plunge them into ice water to stop the cooking. Quickly sauté mushrooms in hot pan with butter and set aside to cool. Trim asparagus to make all equal size and cut in half. Mix asparagus with shallots, chives, sliced green onions, and tomatoes. Season mixture with lime juice, olive oil, salt, and black pepper. Chili Aioli: Combine all ingredients in blender except oil. Blend until smooth and strain through chinois. Discard solids. Add back into blender and drizzle oil in slowly. Tuna: Cut seaweed paper to fit the exact size of tuna steak and wrap it around the fish. Tempura Batter: Whisk together flour, soda water, baking soda, sea salt, and sesame seeds. Heat oil in a small deep fryer to 350 degrees. Dip nori-wrapped tuna in soy sauce, then dredge in flour mixture. Fry for 2 minutes. Drain on paper towels and season with fine salt. To Finish: Arrange salad on side of plate. Slice tuna thinly and place next to salad. Drizzle some of the chili sauce around and serve.

WARM MUSHROOM, ROASTED ASPARAGUS AND WILD RICE SALAD WITH FETA

Steps:

• Bring the wild wild rice and broth to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer covered, until the rice is tender, about 50 minutes.
• About 30 minutes in, heat the oil in a pan.
• Add the onion and saute until tender, about 3-5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
• Add the mushrooms and saute until just caramelized, about 10-15 minutes, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Meanwhile, toss the asparagus in the oil along with some salt and pepper.
• Spread the asparagus out in a single layer on a baking dish and roast in a preheated 400F oven until tender, about 10-15 minutes.
• Mix the wild rice, mushrooms, asparagus, dill and balsamic vinaigrette.
• Serve with the mushrooms and wild rice on a bed of salad greens, topped with roasted asparagus and garnished with crumbled feta.

RICE, ASPARAGUS AND CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Bring 1 3/4 cups water to boil in medium saucepan. Add rice; return to boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until water is absorbed and rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Fluff with fork; transfer to bowl. Cool to room temperature.
• Cook asparagus in large saucepan of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Drain. Rinse with cold water to cool; drain well. Add asparagus, cucumber and green onions to rice.
• Combine Dijon mustard, sugar, vinegar and dry mustard in small bowl. Gradually mix in oil. Add chopped dill. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover salad and dressing separately; chill.) Mix dressing into salad. Season with salt and pepper. Line large bowl with lettuce. Mound salad in bowl. Garnish with dill sprigs.

RICE AND ASPARAGUS SALAD

Steps:

• Directions: Cook 1 cup of rice until done. Use all brown rice or half basmati and half wild rice or any combination. Rice should be dry not wet. Let set after cooking to cool. Mix dressing ingredients and stir or shake well. Cut asparagus into 1 inch pieces. Add asparagus to rice, pour on dressing and mix well. If you refrigerate the salad, it will absorb some of the dressing so reserve some dressing or make more to add before serving.

ORANGE-TARRAGON DUCK BREAST WITH GREEN SALAD AND ASPARAGUS-ALMOND RICE

Steps:

• Rub a skillet with 1 tablespoon butter. Lightly score duck breaks through skin, but not the flesh, in a cross-hatch pattern. Season duck breasts with salt and pepper and place in cold pan skin side down and turn heat on to medium-medium high. Cook until crispy, 15 minutes, turn. Drain off some of the fat and discard. Mix marmalade with 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar and tarragon, salt and pepper, reserve. Once you flip the duck, pour the marmalade sauce over top and reduce heat. Loosely cover pan and let the duck hang out a couple of minutes more. While duck cooks, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a medium pot and toast nuts 2 minutes, add rice and toast 1 minute more. Add stock and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat 15 minutes. Trim off the top 4 inches of asparagus and thinly slice on the bias. Add to rice and cook rice 2 to 3 minutes more for a total of 17 to 18 minutes. While rice cooks, combine endive, cress and frisee in a salad bowl. Combine shallots and Dijon with 2 tablespoons vinegar, salt and pepper. Whisk in 1/4 to 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil and pour over salad. Garnish with oranges. Serve duck breast on salad with asparagus-almond rice alongside.

RICE SALAD WITH ROCK SHRIMP AND ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil; add a large pinch of salt. Blanch the asparagus until bright green and tender, about 3 minutes. Immediately transfer with tongs to the ice-water bath to stop the cooking. Drain well; pat dry. Cut the spears on the diagonal into thin pieces; set aside.
• Bring the rice and 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Cover, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender, about 10 minutes; set aside.
• Heat the sesame and olive oils in a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the shrimp; stir to coat. Stir in the lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper; cook until the shrimp are pink and cooked through, about 3 minutes. Stir the shrimp, rice, asparagus, and almonds in a large bowl. Garnish with lemon zest.

WARM ASPARAGUS, CHICKEN AND PORTOBELLO RICE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine rice and 1 1/2 cups water in heavy-bottomed pot. Bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer, cover, and cook for 17 minutes.
• Prepare stove-top grill, and cook the chicken, browning on both sides, for 7 to 10 minutes.
• Break asparagus at the point where tough stem meets the tender part. Wash, then steam tender asparagus parts over hot water 5 to 7 minutes, depending on thickness.
• Wash, trim and slice mushrooms; as soon as chicken is cooked, grill the mushrooms on both sides until they are soft, 5 minutes.
• Pit olives, and mince onion and garlic. Wash, dry and chop oregano.
• Whisk together the oil and vinegar in a serving bowl; stir in the olives, onion, garlic and oregano.
• Add mushrooms to bowl. And when chicken is cooked, cut it into julienne strips and add it to the bowl.
• When asparagus is cooked, drain and cut into one-inch lengths. Add to serving bowl.
• When rice is cooked, add to bowl and mix ingredients well. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with crusty country bread.