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Greek Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe – Healthy and Delicious

May 7, 2020 By wendy

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homemade greek orzo pasta salad in a large Joesph Joseph green bowl

A super tasty Greek orzo pasta salad recipe that’s easy to throw together. Perfect summer pasta salad for BBQ’s or potlucks.

Our Greek orzo pasta salad is a super simple pasta salad that’s absolutely loaded with fresh and tasty Mediterranean flavours.

It’s one of my favourite summer pasta salads and I always make too much of it so that there’s leftovers for lunch the next day.

It’s an easy pasta salad to make and it’s flavourful and colourful making a great summer pasta salad recipe to go alongside BBQ food or to take as a potluck dish.

Greek Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe

I like to make pasta salad with orzo pasta it’s a tiny little pasta shape just a little larger than rice. It’s easy to cook and is a great in pasta salad.

For a Greek pasta salad you’ll just need to add in olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, feta cheese and a tangy Greek salad dressing.

How to cook orzo pasta

orzo pasta being tipped into a pan of boiling water

It’s super easy to cook orzo pasta – just follow these cooking steps.

  • Bring a large pan of water to the boil
  • Add a good pinch of salt
  • Tip in the orzo pasta (I use approx. 40 – 50g dried orzo per serving for pasta salad)
  • Bring the water back to the boil and then reduce the heat and simmer for 8-10 minutes.
  • Drain in a sieve not a colander – the orzo is quite tiny and so may slip through the holes in a colander.
  • If using in pasta salad cool the orzo quickly by rinsing under cold running water.

Greek Orzo Pasta Salad Ingredients

Greek pasta salad ingredients on a wooden table - large white plate with feta, olives, cucumbers, tomatoes and red onion alongside cooked orzo pasta and a small bottle of homemade greek salad dressing
  • 250g Orzo pasta (dried)
  • 1/2 Cucumber – diced
  • 250g Baby Plum Tomatoes – roughly chopped
  • 1/2 Red Onion – finely diced (nobody wants big chunks of onion in amongst small pieces of pasta…)
  • 150g Kalamata Olives – pitted and roughly chopped
  • 200g Feta Cheese – cubed or crumbled whichever you prefer
  • 3 tbs Olive Oil
  • 1 tbs Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dried Oregano
  • Sea Salt & Black Pepper to taste

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Greek Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe

  • Cook the orzo pasta in boiling salted water for around 8-10 minutes whilst you prepare the rest of your ingredients.
  • Chop the cucumber, tomatoes, onions, kalamata olives and feta cheese.
large white plate filled with Greek salad ingredients - chopped tomatoes, diced red onions, chopped feta cheese, black olives and diced cucumber
  • Mix up the Greek salad dressing – get yourself a little bottle so you can shake the dressing otherwise just whisk with a fork in a small bowl.
  • Add the olive oil, red wine vinegar and oregano to a small bottle – add a pinch of sea salt and cracked black pepper. Then shake to mix everything together.
  • Shake again just before serving
homemade Greek salad dressing in a glass kilner bottle
  • Drain the orzo using a sieve and run it under cold water to cool it quickly – then drain well otherwise the pasta salad will be watery.
cooked orzo pasta draining in a sieve
  • Put the drained orzo into a large mixing bowl and tip in the cucumber, tomatoes, olives, onions and feta cheese.
greek pasta salad ingredients in a large Jospeh Joseph mixing bowl waiting to be tossed together

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  • Give the salad dressing a shake and then pour into the pasta salad.
greek orzo pasta salad with homemade greek salad dressing being poured onto it from a little glass bottle
  • Mix everything together so that everything gets coated in dressing.
homemade greek orzo pasta salad in a large Joesph Joseph green bowl

Make Orzo Pasta Salad Your Way…

We’ve given you the basic Greek pasta salad recipe but you can swap and change the ingredients to suit yourself – try…

  • Different pasta shapes – fusilli and penne work well with this recipe
  • If you want to add in some meat – try grilled chicken slices or chorizo crumbs.
  • Opt for a creamy dressing – whisk together mayonnaise with Greek yogurt and flavour with lemon zest, grated garlic and oregano.

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What to eat with pasta salad

homemade greek orzo pasta salad in a large Joesph Joseph green bowl

Pasta salad goes really well with lots of summer meals, try eating it alongside…

  • BBQ food – burgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken.
  • Fried chicken and green salad
  • Roast chicken or grilled fish
  • Alongside tapas or antipasti

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  • white bowl filled with Italian pasta salad loaded with mini mozzarella balls, red onions, salami, chargrilled peppers, baby tomatoes, olives and fresh herbs
  • BLT Pasta Salad – our BLT pasta salad packs a BIG flavour punch and is totally loaded with bacon in a rich creamy dressing.
  • Tuna and Avocado Pasta Salad – a light and healthy pasta salad with flaked tuna fish, avocado, tomatoes and olives.
  • Easy Italian Pasta Salad – super easy pasta salad loaded with deli meat, fresh salad vegetables, olives and baby mozzarella balls.

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Yield: Serves 6 as a side dish

Greek Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe

homemade greek orzo pasta salad in a large Joesph Joseph green bowl

Super tasty Greek pasta salad that's perfect for summer.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 250g orzo pasta (dried) 
  • 1/2 cucumber - diced 
  • 250g baby plum tomatoes - chopped 
  • 1/2 red onion finely diced 
  • 150g Kalamata olives - pitted and roughly chopped 
  • 200g feta cheese - cubed 
  • 3 tbs olive oil 
  • 1 tbs red wine vinegar 
  • 1 tsp dried oregano 
  • Salt and pepper to taste 

Notes

1. Cook the orzo as per the packet instructions and then drain and rinse under cold running water to cool quickly. Drain and set aside.

2. Chop all your ingredients

3. Mix up the salad dressing - add the oil, vinegar, dried oregano and a pinch of salt and pepper to a small bottle and shake.

4. Mix together the pasta, feta and salad vegetables.

5. Pour on the salad dressing and toss everything together to coat.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 310Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 520mgCarbohydrates: 25gFiber: 2gSugar: 4gProtein: 9g

Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.

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© wendy
Cuisine: Greek / Category: Pasta

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