{"id":1079,"date":"2018-02-14T19:27:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2018-02-14T19:29:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:29:39","slug":"orzo-pasta-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/orzo-pasta-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Orzo Pasta Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe is inspired by one of my members at our taster session. I usually use orzo pasta shapes in soups, I never though of using it as a salad! It was so nice that I have tried to recreate it and loved my version too. For convenience I have used Najma BBQ Chicken Chunks but you can cook chicken from scratch if you prefer. You can add any veg of your preference to it, I just used whatever I had in my fridge.<\/p>\n<p>Serves: <b>4<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Syns: <b>FREE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Time Taken: <b>less than 15 minutes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Difficulty: <b>Easy<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1081\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1081\" data-attachment-id=\"1081\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/orzo-pasta-salad\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,965\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Orzo Pasta Salad\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Orzo Pasta Salad&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Orzo Pasta Salad&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033-300x268.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033-1024x915.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1081\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Orzo Pasta Salad\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033-768x686.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033-1024x915.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033-816x729.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_20180209_123635_5652093615033.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orzo Pasta Salad<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>150g orzo pasta<\/li>\n<li>Najma BBQ chicken chunks<\/li>\n<li>Cucumber<\/li>\n<li>Carrot<\/li>\n<li>Red pepper<\/li>\n<li>Spring onions<\/li>\n<li>Green chillies<\/li>\n<li>Fresh coriander<\/li>\n<li>Season to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Method<\/h4>\n<p>Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the pasta is cooking, finely chop all the veg and the BBQ chicken chunks and set aside till the pasta is cooked.<\/p>\n<p>Once the pasta is cooked, drain and run it through cold water under a sieve.<\/p>\n<p>Mix the chicken and the veg to the pasta and season to taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe is inspired by one of my members at our taster session. I usually use orzo pasta shapes in soups, I never though of using it as a salad! It was so nice that I have tried to recreate it and loved my version too. For convenience I have used Najma BBQ Chicken Chunks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[452,308,456,445,453,24,457,410,28,451,449,448,450,18,454,73,77,455],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89etY-hp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1427,"url":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/cajun-chicken-orzo\/","url_meta":{"origin":1079,"position":0},"title":"Cajun Chicken &#038; Orzo","author":"Rahema","date":"April 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A simple dish ready in minutes and it is great cold too. 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