This salad is perfect for a quick lunch that’s both delicious and super nourishing. With 9 unique plants and 18g of fibre, it’s a great starting point if you’re looking after your gut health, and only made better when paired with some kimchi which goes so well with these flavours.
It also contains 28g of protein, which is great for keeping you satisfied. Edamame is one of my favourite sources of plant protein lately. It contains 18.5g of protein per cup, and I love how easy it is to prepare (aka do nothing and let it thaw on the counter or cover with warm water for a couple of minutes). It’s super versatile and easy to integrate in salads or stir-fries. Edamame is also relatively affordable where I live and come up to about $1.20 per serving (1 cup). So if you’re freezer isn’t already packed with frozen edamame, this is your sign to do a stock-up!
Ps: get the unshelled type unless you’re planning on eating them as a snack, much more time effective!
Edamame & Forbidden Rice Salad
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups (292.5 g) black rice - cooked
- 2 cups (296 g) shelled edamame - thawed
- 1 avocado - diced
- 2 cucumbers - diced
- 1 cup (16 g) cilantro - finely chopped
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
Dressing
- 1 lime, juice and zest
- 1 garlic cloves - minced
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger - minced
- ½ tsp (0.5 tsp) red chili flakes
- 1 tbsp tamari
- ½ tbsp (0.5 tbsp) sesame oil
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
- Start by preparing the dressing. In a small bowl: combine the lime juice and zest, minced garlic, minced ginger, chili flakes, tamari, sesame oil, and maple syrup. Mix well until all ingredients are fully incorporated.
- In a large bowl, combine the black rice, edamame, avocado, cucumber, cilantro, sesame seeds, and dressing. Enjoy!
I love this salad and I usually add in some chopped up Satay Tofu as well. I make it at least once a week when I have left over black rice .
That sounds like a delicious addition 💚
This looks so good! (like all of the recipes on this webside:)) Will definetely be trying it out very soon.
I do have one question though, since I am not sure how many grams of dry rice 292,5 grams of cooked forbidden rice is equivalent too and can’t seem to find the anwer when googling it…
So happy you’re enjoying the recipes 🙂 Rice usually almost triples in size once cooked, so about 100g dry! Hope you love this one too 🙂
I am new to your website where I just discovered your amazing Forbidden Rice and Edamame salad. The only thing I can add is that I made the recipe for 2 and there will be enough left over for at least 2 more servings! It’s seriously delicious…
I’m so happy you like it 😊 Serving size are definitely suggestive, I always create my salads to be very filling and have a generous serving size 🥰