Surdyk's Greek Orzo Salad

Submitted by GaylaJ

"Very nice pasta salad that I found on Midwest Living's site. Add some meat if you would like a more substantial main dish salad--I added cubed grilled chicken breast to the leftover salad and it was very good. Cook time includes chill time."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 226.79 g dried orzo pasta (1 1/4 cups)
• 226.79 g feta cheese (cubed or coarsely crumbled)
• 236.59 ml chopped roma tomato
• 118.29 ml chopped pitted kalamata olive
• 14.79 ml snipped fresh basil
• 14.79 ml snipped fresh flat-leaf parsley

• Dressing

• 78.78 ml olive oil
• 44.37 ml lemon juice
• 1 small garlic clove, minced (I used 2)
• 2.46 ml snipped fresh oregano

• Season with

• salt & fresh ground pepper, to taste

directions

1. Cook pasta according package directions. Drain, rinse with cold water and drain again. Put in a large bowl, cover and chill for 1-2 hours.
2. Add feta, tomatoes, olives, basil, and parsley to the chilled pasta and stir to combine.
3. For the dressing, place olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and oregano in a jar with a screw-top lid. Shake vigorously to combine, then pour over pasta mixture and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and ground black pepper.
4. Cover and chill for 2 to 24 hours.

Reviews

[FrenchBunny]

This was such a wonderful refreshing salad. Such delicious flavors with the fresh herbs. I only changed using the Campari tomatoes being that they for me have the best tasting tomato flavor. I did add in some shrimps to make it more of a meal for a lunch and served it with some deviled eggs #438225. Everything went so very well together. Thanks for sharing your great recipe GaylaJ, this made a very yummy lunch.

 

[iris5555]

This is filled with ingredients I love so I knew I'd enjoy the salad. The fresh herbs add so much great flavor. Perfect summer salad.

 

[ugogirl]

I made this delicious salad for our Labor Day picnic and it was a huge hit. The only minor changes I made were: used halved grape tomatoes instead of roma because that is what I had on hand and a little extra garlic because we are garlic lovers here. The fresh lemon juice and feta gave it a nice tangy flavor. I really liked the addition of the fresh herbs also. I should have doubled the recipe because it was enjoyed and eaten up very quickly. Thanks GaylaJ for yet another great recipe.

 

[Annette1]

Great recipe, and easy. I served this with a bbq,as a side dish and everyone raved how the taste was THank You!!