Grilled Chicken With Zucchini Pasta Salad

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The archetypal happening to bash present is to shred the zucchini due to the fact that the tender earthy rootlike volition beryllium folded into hot-from-the-pot orzo and allowed to wilt. We added a spot of crumbled feta and caller dill, but see grated Parmesan and caller parsley, basil oregon chives, oregon an herby combination. This pasta crockery is large connected its own. It besides complements grilled food, specified arsenic beef, chickenhearted oregon eggplant. We rubbed chickenhearted cutlets with a smoky spice paste and cooked them connected a stove-top grill cookware for a quick, airy and summery supper.

If you can’t find chickenhearted cutlets, bargain 2 chickenhearted breasts and usage a crisp weapon to chopped each bosom fractional done the equator to butterfly. Slice done truthful the nutrient yet opens similar a book. Separate the 2 halves. Trim and discard immoderate disposable fat.

Leftovers tin beryllium refrigerated, separately, successful airtight containers for up to 3 days.

The pasta crockery tin beryllium made up to 1 time ahead.

Pasta crockery adapted from Good Housekeeping. Spice hitch adapted from Eating Well magazine.

Ingredients

For the orzo

8 ounces full wheat oregon regular orzo
1 ample zucchini (about 12 ounces), coarsely shredded, astir 3 cups
1 ample lemon, zested and juiced
1 tablespoonful extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 spoon good oversea brackish oregon array salt, positive much arsenic needed
1/4 spoon finely crushed achromatic pepper, positive much arsenic needed
3/4 cupful crumbled feta (about 4 ounces)
1/4 cupful caller dill fronds, lightly chopped, positive much for serving.

For the chicken

1 tablespoonful extra-virgin olive oil
1 spoon distilled achromatic vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika, preferably smoked
1 spoon airy oregon acheronian brownish sugar
1/2 spoon crushed chipotle chile powder
1/2 spoon dried oregano, preferably Greek
1/4 spoon good oversea brackish oregon array salt
1/4 spoon ail powder
Pinch finely crushed achromatic capsicum (optional)
4 chickenhearted cutlets (about 1 lb total), spot headnote

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (1 cutlet and 1 cupful of pasta)

Calories
501
Fat
18 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
49 g
Sodium
746 mg
Cholesterol
98 mg
Protein
37 g
Fiber
7 g
Sugar
4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Pasta crockery adapted from Good Housekeeping. Spice hitch adapted from Eating Well magazine.

Tested by Ann Maloney.

Published May 17, 2021

Updated March 17, 2026