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Easy Chicken and Orzo Salad
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Easy Chicken and Orzo Salad

This Mediterranean Diet inspired Easy Chicken and Orzo Salad is packed with colorful and delicious fresh vegetables and is sure to please your palate.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Search Result: Chicken, easy, healthy, Mediterranean Diet, orzo, Pasta, salad
Servings: 4 servings
Servings: 1cup
Author: Food, Wine, and Love | myposhmedia llc

Ingredients

  • Wheat Flour Orzo – 1 cup uncooked.
  • Lemon Juice– 2 teaspoons.
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil– 1-2 tablespoons or as needed.
  • Chicken– 1 cup precooked, in chunks, strips, or shredded.
  • Cherry Tomatoes– 4-5 sliced in half.
  • Feta Cheese– ¼- ⅓ cup crumbled.
  • Red Peppers– 2 tablespoons chopped.
  • Chopped Sweet Onions– 1-2 tablespoons.
  • Chopped Oregano or basil– 1 tablespoon.
  • Optional- chopped olives as well as seasonings such as salt and pepper as needed.

Instructions

  • Cook your orzo as directed on the package. Tip: use a chicken broth or bullion cube added to the water for additional taste. Drain the pasta when done and allow to cool.
  • In a small bowl or container, make the dressing by whisking together the olive oil and lemon juice. You can add salt and pepper as desired to this mixture. Set this aside as you assemble your salad.
  • Now in a larger bowl, combine together the cooked orzo and the chicken. The nadd the tomatoes, cheese, red peppers, and sweet onions.
  • Drizzle the dressing from the first step and toss. Add additional olive oil to coat the ingredients if needed.
  • Top the salad with the chopped oregano and any optional additional ingredients as desired.

Recipe Notes

As mentioned, you will need orzo for this recipe. However, Orzo is that it is usually made with white flour. if you are following the Mediterranean Diet, you will need a wheat flour orzo, which you can easily find online. .
You will also need chicken for this recipe. 
I suggest using a precooked chicken breast such as chicken strips or chunks. However, even better would be to use leftover chicken breast or a rotisserie chicken from the local grocery store.

originally posted:

April 30, 2019
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Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Fat: 12g
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!

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