How To Make Chicken Florentine Salad with Orzo Pasta
Enjoy a tasty plate of this chicken florentine salad, made with grilled chicken, tossed in orzo, greens, and a savory balsamic dressing, for a filling meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Salad:
- 2cupsorzo pasta
- 10ozbaby spinach,(2 packages)
- 3cupschicken,grilled, chopped
- 2roma tomatoes,diced
- ½cuppine nuts
- ¼cupsun-dried tomatoes,chopped
- 2tbspcapers,or to taste
For Dressing:
- 1cupbalsamic vinegar
- ⅓cupolive oil
- ¼cupwhite sugar
- 2tbspdried parsley
- 2tspdried basil
- 2garlic cloves,pressed
- 1tspdried oregano
- 1tspsalt
- freshly ground black pepper,to taste
- ¼cupparmesan cheese,freshly grated, or to taste
Instructions
Salad:
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Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
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Cook the orzo in the boiling water, stirring occasionally for 10 to 11 minutes until cooked through but firm to the bite. Drain and rinse under cold water.
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Mix the orzo, spinach, chicken, tomatoes, pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes, and capers in a large bowl.
Dressing:
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Whisk the balsamic vinegar, olive oil, sugar, parsley, basil, garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper together in a bowl, then drizzle it over salad.
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Toss to coat, then sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the salad. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 437.35kcal
- Fat: 24.57g
- Saturated Fat: 4.81g
- Trans Fat: 0.05g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.85g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.81g
- Carbohydrates: 36.46g
- Fiber: 2.78g
- Sugar: 13.29g
- Protein: 17.87g
- Cholesterol: 42.54mg
- Sodium: 455.26mg
- Calcium: 130.36mg
- Potassium: 569.27mg
- Iron: 3.16mg
- Vitamin A: 205.55µg
- Vitamin C: 14.48mg
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