Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken and spinach orzo. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
One-Pan Chicken and Spinach Orzo. posted by Christy Denney Common questions for this one-pan chicken and spinach orzo. Can I use broccoli instead of spinach?
Chicken and Spinach Orzo is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chicken and Spinach Orzo is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken and spinach orzo using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Spinach Orzo:
- Make ready 1 tbsp. olive oil
- Make ready 1/2 yellow onion, finely diced
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 3/4 cup orzo pasta, uncooked
- Make ready 1 cup unsalted chicken broth
- Take 1 can (15 oz.) fire roasted diced tomatoes, undrained
- Prepare 1/2 tsp. each Italian seasoning, dried basil, salt
- Take 1/4 tsp. pepper
- Take 2 cups shredded chicken
- Take 3 cups spinach, roughly chopped
- Get Freshly grated parmesan cheese, for serving
Add the spinach and stir until wilted. Remove from the heat and stir in the dill and lemon zest. Season with additional salt and pepper. This chicken and orzo recipe is super fast and easy and it all cooks in your Instant Pot.
Steps to make Chicken and Spinach Orzo:
- In a large, deep skillet with a tight fitting lid, heat the oil over medium heat. Once its hot, add the onion. Cook, stirring often until it's translucent, about 5-7 minutes. Then stir in the garlic and cook another minute or so more, until it's fragrant. Increase the heat to med-high and add the orzo to the pan and let that toast a bit, stirring often.
- Stir in the broth, diced tomatoes, chicken and seasonings. Let it come up to a low boil. Once starting to boil, cover with a lid and reduce the heat to med-low. Let this simmer covered for 12-15 minutes, or until the liquid has absorbed, stirring often. In the last few minutes of cook time, stir in the chopped spinach. Then serve with some fresh parmesan on top.
After the chicken has cooked you can dump the pasta into the chicken and add in some parmesan cheese and spinach. I like the fact that I didn't even have to drain water off of the pasta. This pot of glory is the one pot wonder known as Chicken and Orzo with Spinach and Tomatoes! In addition to being awesome, delicious and cooked with my favorite of all the flavors, spinach and tomatoes, this one pot chicken deal is making me look all fan-say and it can do the same for you! Stir in all other ingredients and cook over medium heat NOTE: If you want to use only the white meat chicken in this dish (which is what I have to do for my family) and your chickens are small, you may.
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