Cooking Recipe Orange Pasta Salad

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb Medium Shells

-OR Elbow Macaroni

-OR other medium pasta

-shape, uncooked

3 c Cooked chicken breasts

-(boneless and skinless) cooled

1 1/4 c Seedless grapes

-(red or white)

-cut in half

1 lg Cucumber; peeled, seeded

-and cut into chunks

6 Scallions; sliced

3 c Navel oranges; peeled and sectioned with a knife

1 Head of lettuce

LIGHT ORANGE VINAIGRETTE

1/4 c Vegetable oil

1/4 c White wine vinegar

3/4 c Orange juice concentrate

1 ts Salt

1/2 ts Pepper

Directions

Prepare pasta according to package directions; drain. Cut the chicken
into 1-inch cubes. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the pasta,
chicken, grapes, cucumber, scallions and half the orange sections. In
a small mixing bowl, whisk together all the vinaigrette ingredients.
Pour the vinaigrette into the pasta mixture and toss the salad
gently. On a large platter, arrange the lettuce leaves. Mound the
salad on top of the lettuce and garnish with remaining orange slices.

Each serving provides: 336 Calories; 19.3 g Protein; 46.7 g
Carbohydrates; 8.4 g Fat; 32.9 mg Cholesterol; 308 mg Sodium.
Calories from Fat: 22%

Categories matching this recipe

Poultry ,Salads