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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal506
  • fat23g
  • saturates10g
  • carbs58g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre1g
  • protein22g
  • salt0.98g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Drop the rice into a pan of boiling salted water and cook for 10 minutes. Toss in the asparagus and cook for a further 3-4 minutes until the rice is completely cooked and the asparagus is only slightly crunchy. Drain into a sieve and hold under the cold tap until cool.

  • step 2

    When the rice is cold, stir in the red pepper, oil, lemon zest and juice, mozzarella and mint leaves. Season well.

RECIPE TIPS
GIVE IT A TWIST

Use feta or halloumi instead of mozzarella and stir through a handful of pitted black olives. Try green beans instead of asparagus.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2004

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.10 ratings

y4c8hzj5m9S8scOyxS

I didn’t use mozzarella cheese. I added sugar snap pea and runner beans.

Twinklebum99

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Will definitely make again. I used peas rather than asparagus and t was tasty

parent-kitchen

Always make this with suggested alternatives of green beans and feta cheese - with lemon and mint this makes a very tasty rice salad.

kiwiinlux

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

This was really nice. The rice was not cooked after 10 minutes though, however didn't bother checking and added asparagus, prob had a few more minutes than it should but still came out great. I also used feta and was very a very tasty salad. Especially nice with olive oil and balsamic vinegar…

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felicityd

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Really quick to make and nice to have a filling salad when you're hungry but it's hot weather. I used feta instead of mozzarella which was great.

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