This is an easy, make-ahead low-sodium chicken (or turkey) pasta salad.
- 1 cup no-salt, pre-cooked chicken or turkey, cut into bite sized pieces
- ½ cup uncooked orzo pasta
- ¼ tsp Mrs Dash Garlic Herb Seasoning mix
- ½ cup green bell pepper, chopped
- ½ cup chopped celery
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- (optional) 1 cup grapes, halved
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 clove minced garlic
- ¼ teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon ground mustard powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- Bring 1 quart of water to boil in a medium pot. Add orzo and Mrs. Dash Seasoning. Cook for 5-6 minutes or until just tender, stirring occasionally. Drain and rinse with cool water.
- Add chicken to a large bowl along with the orzo.
- Stir in chopped bell pepper, celery, red onion, green onion, and (optional) grapes.
- In a small bowl, stir together sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, garlic, basil, onion powder, and ground mustard powder.
- Pour sour cream/mayonnaise mixture over pasta and chicken mixture and mix well.
- Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
Our estimates assume the pre-cooked chicken (or turkey) was cooked from fresh chicken or turkey with only 3% sodium per serving (instead of poultry that has been infused with a high-sodium broth).
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. The estimated 127 mg of sodium per serving implies that one serving of this recipe provides:
– 5% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
–8% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 13% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)
