Mediterranean Orzo Salad

Name: Mediterranean Orzo Salad
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: ½ cup feta cheese; 1/3 cup basil; 1 box (16 ounces) orzo pasta; 1 cup red bell pepper; 1 can (2¼ ounces) olives; 1 seasoning packet or 3 tbsp of shaker seasoning Hidden Valley® Original Ranch Salad® Dressing & Seasoning Mix; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 3 tablespoons olive oil

Prep Time 40 min
Cook Time 15 min
Servings 4

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Ingredients (9)

crumbled feta cheese ½ cup
freshly chopped basil 1/3 cup
orzo pasta 1 box (16 ounces)
red bell pepper 1 cup
sliced, ripe olives drained 1 can (2¼ ounces)
sugar 1 teaspoon
red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons
olive oil 3 tablespoons
Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Seasoning, Salad Dressing & Recipe Mix Packet

Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Seasoning, Salad Dressing & Recipe Mix 1 seasoning packet or 3 tbsp of shaker seasoning

For safe meat preparation, reference the USDA website. For dips, make and enjoy your dip creation. Then, refrigerate within 2 hours or discard.

Steps (2)

1

Cook the orzo according to package directions. Drain; rinse with cold water and set aside.
2

In a small bowl, whisk the seasoning mix together with the olive oil, vinegar, and sugar until emulsified. In a large bowl, combine the orzo, olives, red pepper, and feta cheese with just enough dressing to lightly coat the salad. Chill covered for at least 2 hours. Serve garnished with the chopped basil.

You can use leftover vegetables to make this recipe!

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22 Reviews

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77.3% would recommend this recipe

Rated 1 out of 5 by SteveO from The recipe is wrong! Way too much Orzo! I have made this salad before, but I misplaced my old recipe. So I looked here and found all of the ingredients of the salad I had previously made. However, when I cooked the orzo I immediately knew that was way too much pasta. The chilled salad was dry and tasteless! I have now come to find the previous Hidden Valley recipe for this and it was listed under Family Favorites on the old website (before this most recent incarnation of the website). That original recipe calls for 1 CUP - NOT, repeat NOT, 1 Pound of orzo. This current recipe is wrong! Conversely, if you use a pound of pasta, you must double everything else to make it good.

Date published: 2013-04-28

Rated 4 out of 5 by cutiepie0482 from Tasty This is different from any pasta salad I have had but it is pretty tasty.

Date published: 2024-01-14