Rice Salad with Zucchini, Tuna, and Lemon 🍋
A cold, summer dish, ideal for these days especially if you need something easy to bring to the beach or the office. A very simple recipe dressed with zucchini, tuna, lemon, and hazelnuts. If you’re tired of the classic rice salad, try this version, you’ll definitely like it!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2/3
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Summer, August 15th
Ingredients for the rice salad with zucchini, tuna, and lemon:
- 1 zucchini
- 5.3 oz tuna
- 1 lemon
- 1 cup rice
- salt
- extra virgin olive oil
- hazelnuts
Steps
The preparation of the rice salad with zucchini, tuna, and lemon is very simple and quick, watch the video HERE.
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First, clean the zucchini and dice it, sauté it in a pan with some oil. Meanwhile, cook the rice, drain it, and rinse it with cold water.
Transfer it to a bowl, then add the well-drained tuna, the zucchini, lemon juice and zest, a bit of oil, and toasted hazelnuts. Mix everything well and let it rest in the fridge for a while.
Serve on plates and decorate as you like.
Enjoy your meal!
