One-Pot Lemon Chicken Orzo

⏱ 35 min · 🍽️ 4 Servings · 🧂 10 Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 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

Instructions

  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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Cook time

35 min

🍽️

Servings

4

🧂

Ingredients

10

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Nutrition

per serving

440 kcal

Calories

30 g

Protein

12 g

Fat

52 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 4 servings

Estimated cost~€8.60 · ~€2.15/serving

Instructions

  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.

One-Pot Lemon Chicken Orzo Recipe | Culinse