One-Pot Lemon Chicken Orzo

⏱ 35 min · 🍽️ 4 Portionen · 🧂 10 Zutaten

Zutaten

  • 600 g chicken breast fillets
  • 300 g orzo
  • 1 piece onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 900 ml chicken broth
  • 1 piece unwaxed lemon
  • 120 g baby spinach
  • 40 g grated parmesan
  • 25 ml olive oil
  • 6 g salt

Zubereitung

  1. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces, season with salt and brown in the hot olive oil over medium heat. Remove and set aside.
  2. Finely dice the onion and garlic and soften them in the same pot until translucent. Add the orzo and toast it for a minute.
  3. Pour in the broth, bring to a boil and cook the orzo, stirring now and then, until tender and the liquid has thickened to a creamy sauce.
  4. Return the chicken, stir in the spinach, lemon zest, lemon juice and parmesan until the spinach wilts. Season to taste and serve right away.
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One-Pot Lemon Chicken Orzo
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One-Pot Lemon Chicken Orzo

Orzo cooks straight in the broth until creamy, joined by juicy chicken, bright lemon and fresh spinach. One pot, little washing up, ready in half an hour..

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Kochzeit

35 min

🍽️

Portionen

4

🧂

Zutaten

10

Original ansehen ↗

Nährwerte

pro Portion

440 kcal

Kalorien

30 g

Eiweiß

12 g

Fett

52 g

Kohlenhydrate

Zutaten

Für 4 Portionen

Geschätzte Kosten~8,60 € · ~2,15 €/Portion

Zubereitung

  1. 1

    Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces, season with salt and brown in the hot olive oil over medium heat. Remove and set aside.

  2. 2

    Finely dice the onion and garlic and soften them in the same pot until translucent. Add the orzo and toast it for a minute.

  3. 3

    Pour in the broth, bring to a boil and cook the orzo, stirring now and then, until tender and the liquid has thickened to a creamy sauce.

  4. 4

    Return the chicken, stir in the spinach, lemon zest, lemon juice and parmesan until the spinach wilts. Season to taste and serve right away.