Greek Orzo Chicken Salad from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Greek Orzo Chicken Salad Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

1 lb orzo macaroni
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 tsp salt, (optional)
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
1 tbsp chopped fresh dill
1/2 Spanish onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup chopped pitted kalamata olives
2 cups chopped cooked chicken
1 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 head Boston lettuce, well washed,
and drained

Recipe Instructions:

Put orzo into 1 gallon of boiling water and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente or barely tender. Drain well and place in a large bowl. Mix oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper, and dill. Pour over warm orzo. Mix well, then cool. Carefully mix in the onion, olives, chicken, and feta cheese.

Separate 6 whole unblemished leaves from the lettuce. Place on 6 individual salad plates. Mound salad on each leaf, dividing total recipe equally.

This recipe yields 6 servings. Serving size: 1/6 recipe.

Exchanges Per Serving: 4 Lean Meat, 4 Starch, 1/2 Fat.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 563; Calories from Fat 171; Total Fat 19g; Saturated Fat 8g; Cholesterol 86mg; Sodium 1,248mg; Without Added Salt 523mg; Carbohydrate 57g; Dietary Fiber 4g; Sugars 4g; Protein 40g.

Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-28-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 1999"

Servings: 6

“Food without wine is a corpse; wine without food is a ghost; united and well mitched they are as body and soul, living partners.”

~ Andre Simon (1877-1970)

 

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