Rice salad with mint and feta cheese

 Rice salad with mint and feta cheese

Mint feta rice salad is a fresh dish that is perfect for summer. A quick and easy recipe that can be prepared in advance and enjoyed as a lunch at the beach, for a picnic or at the office. 

INGREDIENTS

• 150 g tuna in oil
• 300 g of rice
• 150 g of cherry tomatoes
• a few mint leaves
• 150 g of feta cheese
• extra virgin olive oil
• salt
• pepper

In summer, rice salads are a real must: practical, quick and versatile, they solve meals with family, friends and even lunch breaks at work. This mint and feta rice salad is no exception, a fresh dish perfect for the summer season with an easy recipe. 

It takes just a few ingredients to prepare it: cherry tomatoes, feta cheese and mint for a mix of Mediterranean colors and flavors. Feta is a Greek cheese made from sheep's and goat's milk that lends itself well to being used at this time of year in tasty and simple dishes: try it for example in rice salad with cherry tomatoes, feta and olives. 

This vegetarian recipe is ready in just over half an hour and presents no difficulty: our advice is to always use good quality rice, of the Carnaroli or Parboiled variety, which does not burn. When cooling it, avoid putting it under running water to stop the cooking process, because this will cause the loss of the starch and therefore a greater stickiness of the grains. 

Preparing this mint and feta rice salad is very simple. Boil the rice in plenty of boiling salted water, drain when al dente, place it well spread out on a dish towel and let it cool. Transfer to a serving plate or salad bowl. 

Start composing your rice salad: add the washed and halved cherry tomatoes as the first ingredient. Continue with the drained and coarsely chopped tuna in oil. 

Add the diced feta and season with oil, salt and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour. 

Before serving, add fresh mint leaves to your rice salad with mint and feta. The dish is ready.