Lemony Olive Orzo

Name: Lemony Olive Orzo
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 3/4 Cup Orzo; 1 small shallot, diced; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1/2 cup of pitted olives, roughly chopped; 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley; salt and pepper to taste; 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese

by Sara's Tiny Kitchen

2 CUPS

15 min

Lemony Olive Orzo

This simple orzo pasta salad combines briny salty olives, tangy lemon, and smooth feta cheese for an irresistible side dish that instantly transports you to Italy.

There’s something about an orzo pasta salad that just does it for me. When you take that, and you give it a Mediterranean twist by adding salty Castelvetrano olives and briny feta cheese, and then squeeze lemon juice all over it – it’s just next level delicious.

Mediterranean recipes are pretty much a staple in my house, and any dish that showcases lemon is just fine by me.

This is a super simple salad to throw together on a weeknight that can be bulked up in various different ways.

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Recipe details

Yield 2 CUPS
Time spent: Prep time: 5 Minutes Cook time: 10 Minutes Total time: 15 min

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Instructions

To Make Lemony Olive Orzo

Start by cooking your orzo according to package directions.
Cook the shallot in 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet for 5 minutes, or until soft and translucent. Add your olives to the skillet. Cook for 3-4 minutes, or until olives are heated through.
Add the cooked orzo to the olive mixture in the skillet and stir it all together. Add the lemon juice and lemon zest, salt and pepper to taste, and parsley to the dish and stir. Crumble feta on top.
Taste and adjust for seasoning.

Comments

Zps9781763 on Aug 30, 2021

You show 5 minutes to prepare. How can you wash and chop the parsley, chop the olives, sauté, etc, etc in five minutes. You must work a lot faster than I.

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- Sara's Tiny Kitchen on Aug 31, 2021
  
  I do work fairly quickly, but I also prep veggie and such when I bring them home, so that saves some time as well. I also count the sauteing as part of the cook time, not the prep time!
  
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- Jud48770339 on Sep 03, 2021
  
  Preparation before cooking gets’ food done in less than one minute try it♥️🦋🥰
  
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Jill Carpenter on Aug 30, 2021

What type olives?

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- Sara's Tiny Kitchen on Aug 31, 2021
  
  You can use whatever kind you like! My favorite, and what I tend to use for this and other olive recipes is Castelvetrano Olives
  
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- Eliz on Sep 01, 2021
  
  where do you find these Castelvetrano olives?
  
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