Thai Brown Rice Salad
We are getting to the middle of Summer, and all of it’s heat. When it’s hot outside, I don’t like to eat really heavy, so I am all about finding and creating new and tasty salads. After some thought and collaborating, I came up with this Thai Brown Rice Salad, which is heavenly! I was recently sent several varieties of Hinode Rice products, and I really wanted to use the Calrose Brown Rice in a summer-y salad. I went back and forth with some different ingredients and knew that I wanted something really colorful, for Summer. I finally decided on something that would come across as a Thai tasting dish. The peanuts, pineapple and ginger tasting teriyaki sauce really do that for this salad. It is simple to make and would be great to serve at any upcoming 4th of July barbecues that you might have.
- 3 cups cooked brown rice
- 4 green onions, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- ½ cup pineapple tidbits
- 2 Tbs sunflower seeds
- ¼ cup unsalted peanuts
- ½ cup edamame
- 2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
- 4 Tbs Tavern on the Green Golden Ginger Teriyaki Sauce (If you can't find this brand, then try any teriyaki sauce and grate in a little fresh ginger)
- 2 Tbs lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- In a large bowl, add the rice, onions, pepper, pineapple, sunflower seeds, peanuts and edamame.
- In another bowl, or cup with a tight fighting lid, combine the olive oil, teriyaki sauce, lemon juice and garlic. Mix or shake well.
- Pour the sauce over the the salad and combine.
- Serve warm or cold, but I prefer it cold.
Hinode provided me with some product and compensation to compile the recipe and post. All opinions expressed are my own.

I love brown rice in salads and stir fry!
Thanks for the contest!
Michele
This sounds so yummy – a perfect summer recipe that I have GOT to try! Thanks!
We love making fried rice with our leftovers, nom, nom, nom. We eat rice nearly 365 days a year.
I only eat Brown rice looks like a great giveaway to me
sushi
I love rice balls, a traditional Sicilian treat!
That looks really good, I would have never thought to toss in pineapple.
My fave way to eat rice is I mix brown rice with whatever fresh or frozen veggies I have and then put a little sweet teriyaki sauce on it and mix it all up!
I love it as a stir fry!
I like steamed rice with stir fry veggies.
I love rice! My favorite way to eat it is simply steamed with garlic eggplant on top. Yummy!
My fav way to eat rice is with broccoli and cheese! 🙂
With SPAM and eggs.
With anything Chinese
love to eat it with fresh cooked veggies! like rice hot OR cold!
I like the sticky chinese rice. I wish I could make that at home.
Love to try this rice with some chicken and sauce. Oh course vidalia onion, celery and bell peppers.
I love it with teriyaki chicken! And soy sauce
I like to eat rice in a seafood paella mmmm!
I like it plain.
I like rice with beans and sausage.
I like rice with broccoli and butter.
i love a good rice pudding or risotto
I make a brown rice/lentil/spinach stew that I love!
I love it with chicken boullion
Fried rice! I make it at home and it’s yummy too!
Love the recipe!! I need to try this out!
love it plain seasoned with butter!!
my kids love for me to slightly cook hotdogs, then mix with rice and onions.. we call it Hotdogs and rice. Odd… but really good =)
I like brown rice with everything 😀
I love all forms of rice. The hubby and I made the best homemade fried rice. I use Jasmine Rice with a lot of my dinners, and brown rice is a very yummy alternative as well. The little microwaveable, one-serving Minute Rices are also very good with tuna or chicken in the can.
I love brown rice mixed with lentils and cooked in chicken broth! YUM!
in my chicken & rice casserole
my husband loves rice pudding and I make it at least once a week, many different ways.
I love rice any way you can make it! I love it plain steamed, fried rice, rice balls, rice pudding, you name it! But just plain steamed rice is my favorite, especially if it is Hinode!!
I love this beautiful rice salad you shared and I can’t wait to try it myself! Thanks!
I love fried rice and plain rice with a little butter on it! 🙂
I love to eat fried rice!
I love steamed rice with veggies
Being married to a Chinese man means that we eat rice almost every day. There is no way to avoid that.
I love fried rice with lots of veggies.
Love rice dishes in hot weather.
I like fried rice
with everything!!
I simply love rice: in salads, plain, steamed, with tomato gravy, pudding, you name it. My very favorite is probably a seafood salad…
I love brown & wild rice with just a bit of salt
My favorite way to eat rice is in sushi
My favorite way to eat rice is to prepare it like sushi rice and add some ponzu sauce and sesame seeds (and if there is sushi attached to the rice well, I think that’s the best 🙂 )
I love white rice served with pepper steak! I usually cut the steak into thin strips and cook it in a small amount of oil. I add sliced onions while I cook the steak, and gradually add in green bell pepper strips and finally tomatoes cut into strips. I then add my beef broth, cook until bubbly, and then stir in a little cold water with cornstarch, and continue cooking until it thickens. I serve this over the prepared rice, and YUMMY!!
I love it when used to make fried rice !!!
Can’t wait to try this recipe. My husband loves Thai food. Thanks for the giveaway!
I make a lot of fried rice.
I like rice in so many ways…..I think my favorite is fried.
I am going gluten free, so I am always looking for new and different brown rice recipes. I like brown rice, chicken and beans.
My favorite way to eat rice is probably fried, but I really like white rice with butter and sugar, too!