Orzo Asparagus Salad
Orzo Asparagus Salad

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, orzo asparagus salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have orzo asparagus salad using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Orzo Asparagus Salad:
  1. Make ready 16 oz. orzo pasta
  2. Get 25 asparagus stems, diced
  3. Get 2 medium shallots, chopped
  4. Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
  5. Make ready 1 tablespoon virgin olive oil
  6. Prepare 33 oz. artichoke hearts marinated in oil, drained & rinsed
  7. Make ready 1 1/2 cups julienne cut sundried tomatoes
  8. Take 1 tablespoon salt for boiling water
  9. Take 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  10. Take 3 tablespoons lemon zest
  11. Make ready 1/4 cup rice vinegar, unseasoned
  12. Prepare 1/2 cup virgin olive oil
  13. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
  14. Get 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  15. Get 1 teaspoon crushed pepper (optional)
Instructions to make Orzo Asparagus Salad:
  1. 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.
  2. Pull asparagus out with slotted spoon and cook orzo in the asparagus water until al dente, approximately 8 minutes. Drain and add to asparagus.
  3. Add sundried tomatoes to asparagus bowl.
  4. In small sauté pan, cook chopped shallots and minced garlic in 1 tablespoon olive oil until tender. Add to asparagus bowl.
  5. Add artichoke hearts that were drained, rinsed and quartered to asparagus bowl.
  6. In separate bowl, combine lemon juice, rice vinegar, salt, and crushed pepper. Whisk and pour over asparagus bowl.
  7. Add lemon zest to asparagus and gently fold all ingredients with a large spoon.
  8. Place bowl in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.

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