Recipe

Brown Rice and Golden Beet Salad

Brown Rice and Golden Beet Salad

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  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Savory Rice Dish
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    martibk's Notes: This is an amazing (and gorgeous) beet salad, whose earthy flavor is highlighted by the acidity of the sherry vinegar. And we all know that beet+nut+cheese is a win-win situation. The other...

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Serves 4

  1. Combine shallots and vinegar and set aside for about fifteen minutes.

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  2. Boil beets in water until tender.

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  3. Whisk olive oil, shallots and vinegar in small bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste, whisk until combined.

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  4. Let beets cool a while in the cooking liquid. Slip off skins and chop into bite-size pieces.

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  5. Toss with rice, nuts, cheese and dressing. Add salt and pepper to taste.

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This is indeed lovely! I roasted my small golden beets. I didn't have any shallots handy so I used some red onion and scallions. I was also out of goat cheese. With a trip to the store out of the question I substituted some blue cheese. It really worked out well. Thank you for posting this. Next time I will try the recipe's version

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This is lovely! I tried it last night, without the goat cheese, using brown basmati rice and champagne vinegar instead of sherry vinegar (because that was what I had on hand). It was so tasty. Thank you for posting this recipe! I am always looking for new ways to prepare beets, especially yellow ones. This one's going to the next potluck I attend. Cheers ;o)

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