Greek Chicken and Brown Rice Salad
Author: Nicole
Ingredients
  • 2 cups brown rice (uncooked)
  • 3 cups cooked chicken, shredded (from one rotisserie chicken)
  • 2 small cloves of garlic
  • ¾ cup dill, remove dill leaves from hard stems
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • ¾ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 6 ounces sun dried tomatoes, julienne cut
  • 2 cups Kalamata olives, cut in half (lengthwise)
  • 9 ounces Feta, crumbled
Instructions
  1. Cook brown rice according to package.
  2. Remove meat from chicken and shred.
  3. Chop garlic in a Vitamix, blender or food processor. Add dill, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper and purée well. Add olive oil in a slow steady stream until dressing is emulsified.
  4. Place rice a large bowl and toss with a tablespoon of dressing. Let cool.
  5. Add chicken, sun dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives and feta and mix well.
  6. Add remaining dressing to coat ( you may not need all of the dressing).
  7. Season with salt and pepper.
Notes
* Measure two cups of rice before cooking.
* Rice soaks up more dressing than pasta so you may need to add a bit more to ensure that it’s not dried out.
* I found French Feta (Valbreso) at Wegmans and it is already crumbled.
* You can make this salad the night before.
* This recipe can easily be cut in half or doubled.
Recipe by Riegl Palate at https://www.rieglpalate.com/greek-chicken-and-brown-rice-salad/