Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mediterranean orzo chicken pasta. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Beautifully juicy chicken basted in a thyme and basil oil and layered over fresh pasta in a roasted tomato and garlic sauce. This Greek-inspired dish combines orzo pasta, Grilled & Ready® chicken, and other Mediterranean favorites. Perk up basic chicken breast and whole-wheat orzo with the vibrant flavors of the Mediterranean, like lemon and olives. This load-and-go recipe makes a complete and satisfying meal; just add a green salad.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mediterranean orzo chicken pasta using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mediterranean Orzo Chicken Pasta:

1. Get 3/4 cup Uncooked Orzo Pasta
2. Get 1 medium cucumber, chopped
3. Get 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley. (OR 1 T. of dried parsley)
4. Make ready 2 tbsp lemon juice
5. Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil
6. Take 1 tsp salt
7. Make ready 1/4 tsp pepper
8. Get 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
9. Take 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1 inch pieces OR store bought, already cooked and diced, chicken.

We absolutely love it and it makes a really nice change to pastas like penne or fusilli. Cover the Dutch oven and transfer it to the heated oven. This Mediterranean Orzo Salad is bursting with delicious Mediterranean inspired flavors, packed with chickpeas, Kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes and feta cheese. Orzo - We want this small shaped pasta for our dish, you could also substitute it with couscous.

Steps to make Mediterranean Orzo Chicken Pasta:

1. Cook the Orzo pasta according to the box's directions.
2. Meanwhile, cook the chicken until no longer pink. (I poach my chicken)
3. To poach chicken, place chicken in large skillet, season chicken to your liking, pour 1 1/2 cups of water over the chicken, cover the skillet with a lid and let it boil over medium heat for 30 minutes. When done, take chicken out of the skillet with tongs and check for doneness.
4. Dice the chicken into 1 inch pieces.
5. Skin and cut the cucumber.
6. In a large bowl, combine the cucumber, parsley, and chicken.
7. After draining the Orzo pasta, stir it into the chicken mixture.
8. In another small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper. Then pour over the chicken mixture.
9. Toss to coat.
10. Just before serving, sprinkle with feta cheese.
11. Can be served warm or cold. If choosing to serve cold, chill the meal for at least 30 minutes. (I prefer cold)
12. I double this recipe for my family of 6 and triple the dressing to add more flavor. This meal goes great with garlic bread and makes yummy leftovers

This Mediterranean Orzo Salad is bursting with delicious Mediterranean inspired flavors, packed with chickpeas, Kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes and feta cheese. Orzo - We want this small shaped pasta for our dish, you could also substitute it with couscous. This vegetarian Mediterranean orzo pasta salad with crunchy vegetables and spinach, briny olives, and feta cheese makes a healthy, easy-to-make I LOVE any recipe that shines with Mediterranean flavors, and this orzo salad is just one example of that fact. Because if you've been a reader here for. Healthy Mediterranean Chicken Orzo is an easy and delicious one pan dinner!

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