Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, orzo asparagus salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Orzo Asparagus Salad is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Orzo Asparagus Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
This savory salad epitomizes the concept of fresh food fast. It's quick and easy and loaded with flavorful ingredients. While the orzo and asparagus are cooking, add chopped spinach, kalamata olives, red onion and walnuts to a large bowl.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have orzo asparagus salad using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Orzo Asparagus Salad:
- Take orzo pasta
- Make ready asparagus stems, diced
- Make ready medium shallots, chopped
- Get garlic, minced
- Take virgin olive oil
- Prepare artichoke hearts marinated in oil, drained & rinsed
- Prepare julienne cut sundried tomatoes
- Get salt for boiling water
- Prepare fresh lemon juice
- Prepare lemon zest
- Make ready rice vinegar, unseasoned
- Make ready virgin olive oil
- Take salt
- Take freshly ground black pepper
- Make ready crushed pepper (optional)
Watch how to make delicious salad with orzo, shrimp, and asparagus. It's a great potluck side dish, or can be a delicious entrée. This orzo pasta salad is loaded full of spring asparagus and artichokes. A bit of white wine vinegar and lemon juice make this the perfect salad for an early season picnic or a a springy Easter dinner.
Instructions to make Orzo Asparagus Salad:
- Julienne cut asparagus into 2 inch pieces and boil in salted water in stockpot until tender, but still bright green. Drain, rinse in cold water and place in large bowl.
- Pull asparagus out with slotted spoon and cook orzo in the asparagus water until al dente, approximately 8 minutes. Drain and add to asparagus.
- Add sundried tomatoes to asparagus bowl.
- In small sauté pan, cook chopped shallots and minced garlic in 1 tablespoon olive oil until tender. Add to asparagus bowl.
- Add artichoke hearts that were drained, rinsed and quartered to asparagus bowl.
- In separate bowl, combine lemon juice, rice vinegar, salt, and crushed pepper. Whisk and pour over asparagus bowl.
- Add lemon zest to asparagus and gently fold all ingredients with a large spoon.
- Place bowl in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
Home » Eats » Salads & Sides » Orzo Pasta Salad with Asparagus and Zucchini. But pasta salads are really the best of both worlds! You get your delicious carbs, but you don't have to feel super bad. LEMON ORZO ASPARAGUS SALAD — Orzo pasta is cooked with turmeric for wonderful color and flavor, then tossed with fresh asparagus and a lemon vinaigrette in this delicious spring time side dish. But this certainly is not just any ordinary pasta salad.
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