Citrus Shrimp, Rice, and Black Bean Salad

I had lunch at Asia de Cuba for lunch (a great deal during restaurant week: $25 for a ton a food) and had a delicious braised short ribs with a black bean rice pilaf. the rice dish was great, spicy, sweet/sour. the short ribs weren't too greasey or fatty but meltingly tender.

i loved the rice pilaf the dish came with and thought it'd be an easy and versatile recipe to experiment with and this is the outcome. I used some long grain brown rice i've had since god knows when to make this simple, refreshing shrimp salad from Epicurious. Instead of the orange juice called for (i didn't have any) i used some mirin and fish sauce to give it an Asian spin. Instead of red peppers, I used 310 shishito peppers so this was a decidedly spicy salad. wasn't exactly what i was looking for (more of a "salad" than a rice accompaniment) but a nice light meal nonetheless.