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Orzo salad

 

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Programme: Everyday Italian

 

10 mins

10 mins

Easy

6

 
 
 

Ingredients

For the orzo salad:

1 litre chicken broth

300g orzo

450g tinned garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed

225g red and yellow teardrop tomatoes or grape tomatoes, halved

120g finely chopped red onion

60g chopped fresh basil leaves

30g chopped fresh mint leaves

About 185ml red wine vinaigrette, recipe follows

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the red wine vinaigrette:

120ml red wine vinegar

60ml fresh lemon juice

2 tsps honey

2 tsp salt

3/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

240ml extra-virgin olive oil

Method

 
Orzo salad


For the orzo salad:
1) Pour the broth into a heavy large saucepan. Cover the pan and bring the broth to a boil over high heat. Stir in the orzo. Cover partially and cook until the orzo is tender but still firm to the bite, stirring frequently, about 7 minutes.

2) Drain the orzo through a strainer. Transfer the orzo to a large wide bowl and toss until the orzo cools slightly. Set aside to cool completely.

3) Toss the orzo with the beans, tomatoes, onion, basil, mint, and enough vinaigrette to coat.

4) Season the salad, to taste, with salt and pepper, and serve at room temperature.

For the vinaigrette:
1) Mix the vinegar, lemon juice, honey, salt, and pepper in a blender. With the machine running, gradually blend in the oil.

2) Season the vinaigrette, to taste, with more salt and pepper, if desired.
 

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