Forbidden Rice Salad

Forbidden Rice Salad
Servings: 4
Weight Watchers Points: 5 per serving

1 cup Forbidden (black) rice
1 red pepper, diced
1 ripe mango stoned, peeled and diced
3 green onions, sliced
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1/4 cup mint, chopped
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 lime, juice and zest
1 teaspoon sugar
1 jalepeno pepper, minced

Cook the rice as directed on the package.

Mix the black rice, red pepper, mango, green onions, cilantro and mint in a large bowl.

Mix the fish sauce, lime juice and zest, sugar and jalepeno in a small bowl.

Toss the salad in the dressing and enjoy. Serve room temperature or chilled.

NOTES: You can find Forbidden (black) rice at Whole Foods. This salad was amazing - the rice is nutty and hearty and a little bitter and sweet. Combined with the sweet fruit, the spicy pepper and the exotic fish sauce, it was a real hit. It's also very, very pretty. We will make this one again, for sure.