Red rice salad with favas, walnuts and red peppers

Name: Red rice salad with favas, walnuts and red peppers Recipe
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar; Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 small garlic clove, finely chopped or put through a press; 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil; 3 tablespoons walnut oil; 3/4 pound fava beans, husked and shelled; 3 cups cooked red or pink rice (such as Lundberg Sprouted Red Rice or Lotus Foods Madagascar Pink); 1 good-size red pepper, cut in fine dice (about 1 cup dice); 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans; 1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped fresh herbs, such as parsley, marjoram, oregano; Prepared dressing

1 hour

Serves 6

Red rice salad with favas, walnuts and red peppers

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By Martha Rose Shulman

May 9, 2017

The tart, somewhat lemony vinaigrette makes a great vehicle for the colorful whole-grain rice and the bright-green fava beans look beautiful against the red grains.

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