If necessary, prepare a delicious salad to decorate the festive table, you need to pay attention to cold dishes, which include components such as tuna and rice. Next, we consider several recipes for the preparation of such dishes.
Salad with Rice and Vegetables
If you want to surprise the invited guests, you can prepare a salad with tuna, rice and vegetables. To create it, you need to prepare the following ingredients:
- 1.5 cups rice cereal;
- 130 g canned corn;
- 2 medium tomatoes;
- a spoonful of lemon juice;
- 300 g canned tuna;
- medium onion;
- sunflower oil for salad dressing;
- 2 fresh cucumbers.
To prepare such a salad, finely chopped onions must be marinated in lemon juice and left for 15-20 minutes. Also, rice should be boiled separately until ready, pouring it with water in a ratio of 1: 2 and putting it on a slow fire.
When all the components are ready, and the cooked rice is cooled, you should combine them in one container. Next, add cucumbers and tomatoes cut into small cubes to rice and pickled onions, and also add mashed tuna fish and canned corn there. If necessary, the ingredients should be salt and then add vegetable oil to them. After mixing, the salad with rice and canned tuna can be served.
"Mimosa"
A very festive version of a salad with tuna will be "Mimosa" - a cold dish, presented in a puff form. To prepare it, you need to take:
- a can of canned tuna;
- 3 carrots;
- 4 tablespoons of rice cereal;
- 4 boiled eggs;
- a pair of potato tubers;
- mayonnaise for greasing layers;
- 0.5 heads of red onion.
Before laying the salad in layers, it is necessary to prepare its individual ingredients. To do this, grate egg whites and cooked carrots and potatoes on a coarse grater, finely chop the onions, and also mash canned fish. Separately, boil the rice, and then rinse and cool it.
After all the constituent components are ready, it is necessary to lay them on a dish intended for serving, in layers in the following order:
- Fig.
- Canned fish.
- Grated egg whites.
- Carrot.
- Bow.
Laying out each layer, you must remember to create a thin mayonnaise mesh on top of it. Top the salad with grated egg yolks and, if desired, finely chopped dill.
Very hearty salad
Practice shows that rice cooked according to this recipe with tuna is a very satisfying dish, which will also be a wonderful decoration of the festive table. Moreover, the finished dish has an amazing aroma, and is also very versatile in serving.
To create this salad, you need to prepare:
- 3 hard boiled eggs;
- 200 g of rice cereal;
- onion;
- a can of canned tuna;
- dressing mayonnaise.
Salad preparation should begin with the preparation of the individual ingredients. To do this, grate the eggs, and also boil the rice in salted water, and then rinse it. These ingredients should be combined, and then add canned goods crushed with a fork to them, without draining the oil from them. At the end of cooking, finely chopped onions should be added to the salad, and then season the mass with mayonnaise and mix until smooth. If desired, such a salad can be supplemented with a small amount of finely chopped greens.
Cheese salad
A salad prepared according to the specified recipe with canned tuna and rice is not only very tasty, but also tender, and is also great for a gala dinner. To prepare it, you need to take:
- a can of canned tuna;
- 70 g of hard cheese;
- 150 g of rice;
- half a lemon;
- onion head;
- cucumber;
- dressing mayonnaise;
- pepper and salt to add flavor.
The cooking process of the dish in question consists of preparing the main ingredients of the salad. To create a dish, you must first boil the rice and then rinse it. After that, lay the ingredients in layers in the following order:
- Washed rice
- Grated rice.
- Canned tuna (without oil), mashed with a fork.
- Onions marinated in the juice of half a lemon (for 15-20 minutes).
- Grated cucumber.
- Grated hard boiled eggs.
Each laid out layer must be covered with a very thin mayonnaise net. Top the product should be decorated with chopped herbs.
Nutritious salad
How to cook rice with tuna? Practice shows that these components combine perfectly in a rather nutritious salad, for the preparation of which it is necessary to take the following ingredients:
- a can of canned tuna;
- half the onion head;
- a glass of rice cereal;
- a can of canned corn;
- a pair of hard-boiled eggs;
- ground pepper and salt.
The process of preparing a nutritious salad with the ingredients in question involves the preparation of certain ingredients. In particular, separately it is necessary to boil rice in salted water until rice is fully cooked, combining it with two glasses of water. Finely chopped onions should be poured with boiling water and let it stand for 10-15 minutes in order to eliminate bitterness from the product. After preparing the ingredients, in the washed rice you need to add onions without water, chopped eggs into small cubes, as well as canned food (without butter) and corn. Lettuce should be seasoned with mayonnaise, add pepper and salt to it, and then mix. Optionally, chop the dill greens in a dish.
Vegetable salad
If you want to cook delicious rice with tuna, you can make a vegetable salad. To prepare it, you need to take:
- a cup of rice cereal;
- bell pepper;
- 5 tablespoons of mayonnaise for dressing;
- a can of canned tuna in oil;
- dill greens;
- half the onion head;
- salt and pepper.
Before starting the preparation of the salad in question, boil the rice by combining it with water in a 1: 2 ratio. After the cereal is ready, it is necessary to rinse it and combine with finely chopped onions, crushed canned food, as well as chopped bell peppers and chopped dill. Dressing the salad with mayonnaise, it must be salt, add ground pepper (you can use the mixture), and then mix until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
Oriental salad
A dish prepared according to this recipe will surely appeal to all fans of spicy food. The cooked salad is perfect as a complement to both fish and meat dishes. To prepare it, you need to take:
- a couple of spoons of rice vinegar;
- 100 g round grain rice;
- a can of canned tuna;
- a bit of wasabi;
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise;
- onion head;
- 0.5 tsp Sahara;
- fresh cucumber.
At the very beginning of the preparation of the dish in question, finely chop the onion head, and then pickle it in rice vinegar. After 15 minutes, the product must be squeezed and combined with mashed canned tuna, as well as cucumber, cut into cubes. Separately, boil rice until ready and, after washing it, add to the total mass.
At the end of cooking, add mayonnaise, salt, pepper and sugar to the salad and mix.
Italian salad
Salad prepared according to this recipe can decorate any table set in honor of the holiday. To prepare it, you need to take the following ingredients:
- half a glass of rice;
- bell pepper;
- 150 g canned corn;
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil;
- onion head;
- a can of canned tuna;
- 100 g of olives;
- 300 g of cherry;
- a teaspoon of mustard;
- dill greens;
- salt, ground pepper (to taste);
- a couple of fresh cucumbers.
While preparing the salad, it is necessary to boil the rice in advance, then rinse it. To cooked cereal, add tomatoes and cucumbers, chopped into small cubes, corn, as well as slices of tuna (without butter). Shredded onions, as well as chopped olives, should also be included in the total mass.
Dress the cooked salad with a sauce made from a mixture of oil, drained from canned food and mustard. After mixing, the finished salad should be served.
Rolls
A great snack for any festive table is a roll of rice and raw tuna - tekka maki (a traditional dish of Japanese cuisine). To prepare such an original snack you need to take:
- three large nori leaves;
- 100 g tuna fillet;
- 250 g round grain rice for sushi;
- a teaspoon of wasabi;
- a spoonful of rice vinegar.
In order to make a roll of rice and tuna, you need to boil the rice so that it turns out to be a little viscous. After that, it should be laid out in a uniform and thin layer on a nori sheet, turned upside down with the matte side, and place slices of tuna in the very center of the structure.
Then it is necessary to carefully wrap the formed layers, forming from them square long rolls. Next, each roll should be cut into portions and serve appetizer to the table.