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A citrus kale pesto rice bowl, topped with crumbled feta, hardboiled eggs, hot sauce and radishes.

SQIRL’s Citrus Kale Pesto Rice Bowl

This citrus kale pesto rice bowl has all sorts of goodies, including a lemon-y, garlicky kale pesto, hard-boiled eggs, radishes, feta and hot sauce.
Course Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine American
Keyword brown rice, cheese, citrus, eggs, feta, green onions, hot sauce, kale, lemon, nut-free, preserved lemon, radishes, rice, rice bowl, scallions, sqirl, vegetarian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 580 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups short-grain brown rice
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 bunch kale leaves ribs removed
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 large watermelon radish or 2 red radishes very thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • ½ preserved lemon flesh removed, peel finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
  • 2 ounces feta crumbled
  • Hot sauce

Instructions

  1. Cook rice in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender, 45–50 minutes. Drain rice, return to pot, cover, toss in the garlic and let sit 10 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, bring a pot of water to a boil. Add the eggs and cover the pot. Boil for 1 minute, then turn off the heat and let the eggs sit in the covered pot for 10 minutes. Drain the eggs and run under cold water; peel the eggs and halve them.

  3. Purée kale, oil, and 1 tablespoon water in a food processor until smooth; season with salt and pepper.

  4. Heat some oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the remaining kale, a big pinch of salt, and saute until tender and wilted, 5-10 minutes.

  5. Toss radish with 1 tablespoon lemon juice in a small bowl; season with kosher salt.

  6. Toss rice, preserved lemon, dill, remaining lemon juice, and ⅓ cup kale purée in a medium bowl; season with kosher salt and pepper and mix in more kale purée, if desired.
  7. Serve rice topped with eggs, radish, feta and hot sauce.

Recipe Notes

From SQIRL in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA.