Greek orzo salad
Greek orzo salad, from above
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Greek orzo salad

Rice shaped pasta, feta, olives and lemon. Holiday on a fork.

30 minTime
9 gProtein each
mildSpice
Greek flavours, pasta shape2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayOrzo, cucumber, tomato, olives, feta and lemon oregano dressing.
The original
303kcalsame
9 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
30minutessame

Greek orzo salad.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Orzo pasta (risoni)1¼ cups dry
Cucumber1 large, diced
Tomato1½ cups cherry tomatoes, halved
Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)1, diced
Onion½ red onion, diced
Black olives½ cup Kalamata, halved
Feta cheese¾ cup, crumbled
Olive oil3½ tbsp
Lemon juice3 tbsp
Garlic1 clove, grated
Dried oregano1 tsp
Flat leaf parsleya handful, chopped
Salt1 tsp
Black peppera pinch

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Boil orzo in salted water until just tender, drain and rinse under cold water.
  2. 2Whisk oil, lemon, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper.
  3. 3Toss orzo with the dressing, then fold in vegetables, olives and parsley.
  4. 4Crumble feta over and rest 20 minutes before serving.
Serve it like this

Serve in a wide bowl at room temperature, more feta and oregano on top, lemon wedges on the side.

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