Summer Chicken-rice Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 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

Recipe

• 1 cook rice or pasta according to package directions. set aside. cook chicken, cool, chop and set aside.
• 2 combine vinegar, oil, orange juice and salt in a medium bowl. add chicken, let marinate 30 minutes. do not drain.
• 3 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.
• 4 peel and seed cantaloupe. cut into 1 inch rings. lay cantaloupe ring on lettuce lined plate. fill with chicken salad and serve.