Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken thighs with orzo pasta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
First you brown the chicken, then brown the orzo in the rendered fat, and then add some onions and garlic. Add the chicken back to the pasta, pour in some stock and crushed tomatoes, cover and cook until the pasta has absorbed the liquid. You can do most of the prep while the chicken is browning.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken thighs with orzo pasta using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta:
- Prepare 1 tsp Olive Oil
- Make ready 1 Medium - Large Chopped Onion
- Take 5 Chicken Thighs
- Take 2 cloves Garlic
- Prepare 1 tbsp Tomato Puree
- Get 1/2 pint Chicken Stock
- Get 1/2 Juice of Lemon
- Make ready 1/2 Red Pepper
- Get 400 gm tin Chopped Tomatoes
- Prepare 100 gs Orzo
- Take Salt
- Get Oregano
The thighs were excellent with very crispy skin. However, the orzo is incredibly sticky and starchy. Great flavors, but not so much on texture. A quick and easy orzo / risoni pasta recipe for dinner tonight - chicken infused with Italian flavours and a rich tomato basil risoni, all made in one pot!
Instructions to make Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta:
- Heat oil in large frying pan, that has a lid. Add chopped onion and fry gently til soft.
- Score each piece and place in pan, skin side down. Keep moving the onions and turn thighs to colour all over, about 5-10 mins
- Grate garlic into onions, sprinkle thighs with oregano. Continue turning thighs. Add Tomato Puree and Red Pepper. Mix Puree into onions. Squeeze lemon juice in and stir.
- Add tin Tomatoes and salt to taste and bring to boil. You can add Worcestershire Sauce now and leave out the pasta and stock. Finish as 6 below.
- Add Chicken Stock and stir into Tomatoes. Add Orzo and stir through. Bring back to boil then turn down to lowest heat to get a simmer.
- Cover and simmer for about 30mins. Stir at 15mins to stop Orzo sticking to pan. After 30mins remove lid, add Worcestershire Sauce. Continue simmering for a further 10-15 mins while sauce thickens.
Marinating the chicken is optional - you can skip it by cutting the chicken into thinner steaks. Fill out the veggies and swap the herbs for whatever takes. This easy chicken dinner is truly a one-dish meal because you cook both the chicken and the pasta in the same pot, then add the peas, herbs and cheese. For this skillet meal I combined chicken thighs seasoned with lemon pepper, orzo cooked in chicken broth, and a healthy dose of parsley and feta. Getting one pot pasta meals to cook just right can take a little practice, but here are a few tips to make sure your pasta cooks evenly and all the way through.
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