Chicken-and-Rice Salad with Pesto Yogurt Dressing

Name: Chicken-and-Rice Salad with Pesto Yogurt Dressing
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 118 milliliters store-bought or homemade pesto; 177 milliliters plain yogurt; 355 milliliters long-grain rice; 710 milliliters roasted chicken, bones and skinless (about 1 pound meat), meat torn into bite-size pieces (about; 1 teaspoons salt

Need a gluten free main course? Chicken-and-Rice Salad with Pesto Yogurt Dressing could be a super recipe to try. One serving contains 636 calories, 33g of protein, and 27g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. A mixture of salt, rice, yogurt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Bring a medium pot of boiling, salted water to a boil. Stir in the rice and boil until just done, 10 to 12 minutes.

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Water

Rice

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Pot

Drain. Rinse with cold water and drain thoroughly.

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Water

In a large serving bowl, whisk together the yogurt, pesto, salt, and pepper.

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Pepper

Yogurt

Pesto

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the chicken and the rice and toss to combine.

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Whole Chicken

Rice

Serve With: Pesto

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Pesto

Wine Recommendation: Both the dominant herbal flavor of the pesto and the yogurt's acidic tang suggest a sauvignon-blanc-based wine. Once again, look to the Loire, sauvignon's ancestral home, for an herbal, gassy, citrusy Sancerre or Pouilly-Fum.

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Sancerre