Easy Chicken Orzo Salad
Make this delicious and Easy Chicken Orzo Salad for a healthy lunch or dinner featuring mouth watering vegetables and chicken.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 cup Wheat Flour Orzo uncooked
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
- 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 cup Chicken breast, strips, cooked
- 5 Cherry Tomatoes sliced
- ⅓ cup Feta Cheese crumbles
- 2 tbsp Red Peppers
- 2 tbsp Sweet Onions chopped
- 1 tbsp Oregano
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. Then add 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.
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. Please see recipe post for details.
Nutritional data may vary especially depending on the ingredients that you use.
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. Please see recipe post for details.
Nutritional data may vary especially depending on the ingredients that you use.
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Nutrition
Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 152mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 345IU | Vitamin C: 12.2mg | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 0.8mg
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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