Summer Chicken-Rice Salad
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Ready In: 30 mins
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked chicken breasts, chopped
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups cooked rice or 4 cups orzo pasta
- 1 1⁄2 cups red seedless grapes
- 1 (14 ounce) can pineapple tidbits, drained
- 1 (14 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
- 1⁄2-1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 -2 cantaloupe
Directions
- Cook rice or pasta according to package directions. Set aside. Cook chicken, cool, chop and set aside.
- Combine vinegar, oil, orange juice and salt in a medium bowl. Add chicken, let marinate 30 minutes. Do not drain.
- Add rice or pasta, grapes, and pineapple to the marinated, undrained chicken. Add mayonnaise, 1/2 cup at a time, until everything is lightly coated. Gently fold in mandarine oranges. Chill.
- Peel and seed cantaloupe. Cut into 1 inch rings. Lay cantaloupe ring on lettuce lined plate. Fill with chicken salad and serve.
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