Chicken, Cranberry, Pecan and Orzo Salad with a Lemon Vinaigrette
A hearty and healthy pasta salad recipe with orzo, chicken, pecans, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, scallions with a lemon vinaigrette using lemon juice, zest and olive oil.
Prep Time: 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 10 minutesminutes
Total Time: 20 minutesminutes
Servings: 8people
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients
2cupsorzo pasta, uncooked
1cupcooked chicken breast, diced
1cupdried cranberries
1cuppecans, roughly chopped
3/4cuppumpkin seeds
3/4cupgreen onions, sliced
Lemon Vinaigrette Ingredients
1/2cupolive oil
4tbsphoney
1/4cuplemon juice
1/2tsplemon zest
1/2tspsalt
1/2tspblack pepper
Instructions
Cook orzo pasta in a pot of boiling water until tender, about 8 minutes. Cool the pasta completely before making the salad.
In a large bowl, mix together the orzo pasta, chicken, cranberries, pecans, pumpkin seeds and sliced green onions.
In a separate bowl, make the vinaigrette by whisking together the oil, honey, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
Pour the vinaigrette on the salad and toss until the evenly coated.