Lemon Chicken Orzo
An easy recipe for Lemon chicken orzo.
Ingredients
Orzo
- 150 g orzo
- 1 l chicken broth or 1 liter of water and 2x stock cubes
- juice of a lemon
- 100 ml cooking cream
- parmesan cheese
- 2 onions
- fresh basil
- 2 garlic cloves
Chicken marinade
- 1 kg boneless and skinless chicken breasts and chicken thighs
- 3 tbsps olive oil
- a pinch of salt
- ⅓ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp tandoori spice
- ½ tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- Prepare a pan deep and big enough for all the chicken to put on. Wash the meat and pat dry. Cut it into smaller pieces. Transfer the chicken meat to the bowl. Add olive oil, and spices for marinating. Cover the bowl. Put the meat into the fridge for as long as possible.
- Fry the marinated meat in a deep pan on both sides until they change colour from pink to a little brown. Add a few drops of lemon. Get rid of excess water and fry for a few more minutes. It should take 15 minutes in total.
- Chop up the onion and mince the garlic. Take out the meat and in the same pan fry the onion with garlic until soft and yellow - not brown. After, add washed orzo and fry together for 2 minutes, stirring nonstop.
- Pour chicken broth into the same pan and bring to a boil on high heat. Decrease the heat, cover the pan and cook orzo for 8-10 minutes.
- Add parmesan cheese, cooking cream, and chopped basil leaves to the creamy orzo. Put pieces of fried chicken on top and cover again. Cook for 5 more minutes. I recommend turning off the heat and letting the flavours alone for another 10 minutes to sit. Serve with slices of lemon. Enjoy!