Thai-Style Sprouted Rice and Herb Salad
Updated March 1, 2023
- Total Time
- 10 minutes
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Ingredients
4 cups cooked sprouted brown rice
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 ½ cups tightly packed, coarsely chopped watercress leaves, baby spinach, arugula or a mix
1 ½ cups edamame
1 sweet red bell pepper, cut in thin 2-inch-long strips
2 tablespoons finely chopped mint
¼ cup tightly packed fresh Asian or sweet basil leaves, or tarragon, coarsely chopped
1 cup loosely packed chopped cilantro
1 shallot, cut in thin rings, soaked for five minutes in cold water, drained and rinsed; or ¼ cup finely sliced scallion optional
1 teaspoon finely minced lemon grass from the tender inner part of the stalk
1 bird or serrano chili, minced
Leaf lettuce for serving
FOR THE DRESSING
2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce
⅓ cup water
1 teaspoon brown sugar, turbinado sugar or dark agave nectar
½ teaspoon minced lemon grass, from the tender inner part of the stalk
1 garlic clove, minced
¼ to ½ teaspoon crumbled dried red chili
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Preparation
- Step 1
Combine all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl.
- Step 2
Combine the fish sauce and water in a small saucepan. Add the sugar, lemon grass, garlic and chili flakes, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, and simmer for five minutes, stirring occasionally. Make sure the liquid does not boil down. Transfer to a bowl or measuring cup, and whisk in the canola oil and lime juice. Toss with the salad.
- Step 3
Line a platter with lettuce leaves, top with the salad and serve.
Advance preparation: You can combine all of the salad ingredients several hours before serving and refrigerate. Toss with the dressing just before serving.
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Use 2 cups instead of 4 -- on the rice and you are golden. This recipe is awesome. We did a side of tofu with Sriracha sauce. Yum.
Very delicious! The dressing has similar ingredients to other asian dressings I use for rice-noodle salads but as this is briefly simmered it brings out the flavors more. I had sprouted brown rice in my freezer after making a batch 2 weeks ago and all other ingredients, so I was good to go. Only addition: bean sprouts to top. Served with crispy pan-fried tofu.
Is this best served cold or warm?
Very delicious! The dressing has similar ingredients to other asian dressings I use for rice-noodle salads but as this is briefly simmered it brings out the flavors more. I had sprouted brown rice in my freezer after making a batch 2 weeks ago and all other ingredients, so I was good to go. Only addition: bean sprouts to top. Served with crispy pan-fried tofu.
Is this best served cold or warm?
Great salad. I substituted regular brown rice, lemon zest for the lemon grass and used arugula. Skipped the serrano chili. Played with the dressing until I liked the taste (more lime juice, less fish sauce). Holds up next day for lunch.

