Orzo Salad With Shrimp and Double Peppers

Submitted by Marietta Mary Lou

"I've had the recipe for many years and it always receives raves and recipe requests. It has a tantalizing oriental flavor. Colorful, elegant, and easy to prepare. I tend to cut down on the orzo and increase more of the "good stuff"."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 3-4

ingredients

• 1 cup orzo pasta
• 1 1⁄2 lbs cooked shrimp
• 1 sweet red pepper, julienned
• 1 cup snow pea pods, blanched
• 1 bunch green onion, 1/4 ed lenghtwise and into 2 inch lengths

• Dressing

• 1⁄4 cup rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
• 1⁄2 cup canola oil
• 2 -3 tablespoons sesame oil
• sesame seeds (optional)
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

directions

1. Prepare orzo according to pkg directions.
2. Drain.
3. If using large shrimp (recommended), slice them in half lengthwise so there are 2 equal halves.
4. Combine all salad ingredients.
5. Combine dressing ingredients, whisking thoroughly.
6. Adjust to your taste and combine with salad ingredients.
7. Chill several hours, stirring occasionally.

Reviews

[ddav0962]

Quite simply, we love this salad! It's got great flavor from the dressing, and the ingredients....how can you go wrong? My only change to the recipe was that I used frozen peas because I had no snow peas. I made this earlier today but waited out the 4 hours for chill time to re-taste it and I think it only got better and better every hour that I stirred it up and tasted. Very good salad, I will make this again! Keeper! Made for Bargain Basement tag game.