Fried Rice Salad

Number of Servings: 4

Salad Ingredients:

1 cup (250 mL) cooked brown or white rice, cooled
2 teaspoons (10 mL) vegetable or grapeseed oil
1 teaspoon (5 mL) roasted sesame oil

1 stalk of celery, thinly sliced
1 carrot, grated
¼ cup (60 mL) chopped green onions
1 green or red pepper, fine dice
1 cup (250 mL) peas, cooked minimally and cooled

1 hard-boiled egg, grated
Leftover cooked chicken (optional)
Sesame seeds
Chopped green onions

Vinaigrette:

1 tablespoon (15 mL) grated fresh ginger
1 ½ tablespoons (25 mL) soy sauce
1 tablespoon (15 mL) brown sugar
1 tablespoons (15 mL) rice vinegar
1 teaspoon (5 mL) sriracha sauce
2 tablespoons (30 mL) vegetable or grapeseed oil
1 teaspoon (5 mL) roasted sesame oil
Freshly ground black pepper

Method:

1. Heat the 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil and the teaspoon of sesame oil in a sauté pan. When hot, add cooked/cooled rice. Stir-fry for 5-6 minutes. – until crisp and a light golden colour.   Let cool completely on a sheet of parchment paper.
2. When rice has cooled, put in a salad bowl and add celery, carrots, green onions, pepper, and peas.
3. Prepare vinaigrette: Combine ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar and sriracha sauce. Whisk in both oils. Season with some ground black pepper.
4. Pour vinaigrette over salad ingredients;  (add leftover chicken at this point, if you wish);  stir to combine. Chill for ½ hour before serving.
5. Sprinkle grated hard-boiled egg over all; garnish with sesame seeds and some chopped green onions.

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