Charred broccoli + brown rice salad with green tahini sauce
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked brown rice at room temperature
- 1 head broccoli cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 spring onion (scallion) finely sliced
- a small handful mint roughly chopped
- a small handful flat-leaf parsley roughly chopped
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds toasted lightly
- 2 radishes finely sliced
Green tahini sauce
- 1/4 cup hulled tahini
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 cup loosely packed flat-leaf parsley
- 1 tablespoon roughly torn mint
- fine salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat, add broccoli pieces and cook, whilst stirring until tender and charred in places, season well with fine salt and freshly ground black pepper. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool slightly.
- Combine sauce ingredients in the Vitamix Blending Bowl and blend on high until bright green and smooth. Season with fine salt, to taste.
- To assemble, place cooked brown rice into a large serving bowl, top with charred broccoli, then scatter with parsley, mint, toasted almonds and sliced radishes. Drizzle with as little or as much Green Tahini Sauce as you like and serve.
Notes
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