One-pan lemony chicken spinach orzo

Name: One-pan lemony chicken spinach orzo
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, diced; 2 tbsps olive oil; 1 cup orzo, rinsed; 1/2 leek, washed and chopped; 1 garlic clove, finely diced; Handful spinach, washed well; Feta cheese, or any preferred cheese; 1/4 cup heavy cream; 2 cups vegetable broth, or your preference; 1/2 cup tomato juice (or tomato paste+water); Zest of half lemon + its juice; Salt; 1/2 teaspoons herbs de Provence; 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

Sharing the recipe here as it’s delicious and I want it to become a go-to given that the ingredients are always in my kitchen

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

Sharing the recipe here as it’s delicious and I want it to become a go-to given that the ingredients are always in my kitchen

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 servings

2chicken breasts, diced
2 tbspsolive oil
1 cuporzo, rinsed
1/2leek, washed and chopped
1garlic clove, finely diced
Handfulspinach, washed well
Feta cheese, or any preferred cheese
1/4 cupheavy cream
2 cupsvegetable broth, or your preference
1/2 cuptomato juice (or tomato paste+water)
Zest of half lemon + its juice
Salt
1/2 teaspoonsherbs de Provence
1/2 teaspoondried oregano

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Steps

30 minutes

1

In a pan, add olive oil with diced chicken. When the chicken is cooked add the garlic + leek with salt, herbs de provence and oregano
2

When the leek is soft, add the broth and tomato juice with 1 cup of orzo. Cook on medium heat for about 6 minutes.
3

After 6 minutes of cooking the orzo, add the cream and stir gently. Let it simmer on low-medium heat for another 6 minutes
4

Just 2-3 minutes before you turn the heat off, add the spinach + some feta cheese +lemon zest and lemon juice. Turn the heat up. Stir gently. Add more cheese if you want. Serve.