

Mushroom Crispy Rice Salad
A bold fusion of textures and flavours - crunchy gochujang-baked rice, sautéed mushrooms, fresh herbs, and crisp veggies tossed in a tangy peanut-sesame dressing. Served with lettuce leaves and lime wedges, it’s a refreshing, satisfying dish perfect for sharing.
Ingredients
Dressing
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 2 tbsp hot water
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 2 tsp ginger grated
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 4 tbsp rice vinegar
Crispy rice
- 2 cups cooked white rice
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp gochujang*
Salad
- 2 spring onions
- 1 ripe avocado diced
- 1 small Mediterranean cucumber diced
- 1 head baby white cabbage very thinly sliced
- 100 g steamed broccoli cooled and finely diced
- handful fresh coriander roughly chopped
- handful of fresh mint leaves roughly chopped
- 250 g white button mushrooms sliced
- 100 g fresh lettuce leaves
- 2 tbsp roasted peanuts roughly chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- lime wedges for serving
Instructions
For the dressing
- Combine the peanut butter and hot water and whisk.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
- Taste to adjust seasoning and then set aside until serving.
For the crispy rice
- Preheat oven to 200˚C.
- Place cooked rice in a bowl with the soy sauce, sesame oil and gochujang.
- Mix the seasoning thoroughly into the rice with your hands so every grain is covered.
- Transfer to a baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Spread the rice out in a thin layer.
- Bake for 10 minutes and then agitate, flipping the rice over to evenly brown all the grains.
- Bake for another 10 minutes until brown and crispy.
- Set aside to cool.
For the salad
- Combine all of the salad ingredients except for the lettuce leaves and peanuts together in a large bowl.
- Season with a little salt and pepper. Mix.
- Add the crispy rice and pour over the dressing.
- Toss to mix well.
- Assemble dressed salad on a large serving platter.
- Plate lettuce leaves alongside the chopped salad.
- Scatter with peanuts and serve with lime wedges on the side and enjoy!
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