Creamy Chicken & Orzo

Creamy, lemony, loaded with flavor. Your weeknight hero in one skillet.

What’s inside:
• Juicy chicken tenders or thighs
• Tender orzo pasta
• Fresh baby spinach
• Crumbled feta
• Garlic, onion, lemon
• Cream, broth, oregano, chili flakes

How to make it:
– Sauté onion + chicken till golden
– Add garlic, dry orzo, broth, lemon juice, seasonings
– Simmer covered 12–13 mins
– Stir in spinach, feta, cream → cook till wilted

Rich, herby, creamy, and on the table in 30 minutes.

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Today I’m going to teach you how to make my spinach and feta with chicken and orzo. It all comes together in one skillet. Let’s get started. So we’re going to begin by finely chopping an onion and getting it into a large skillet with a little bit of olive oil. So for this recipe, you can use chicken breast, chicken tenders. So I’ll just roughly chop these chicken thighs. You can get them in a bowl. Season them with some salt and freshly cracked black pepper. Toss them around. Once the onions are nice and golden, add the chicken into the skillet. And I’m just going to cook the chicken for about 4 minutes over mediumigh heat on each side. Next, I’ll add some garlic cloves, some crushed red pepper flakes, a heaping teaspoon of dried oregano, toss that all up, two cups of uncooked orzo pasta, 2 tsp of salt, four cups of chicken broth, cover the pot, and let it simmer for about 13 minutes. At this point, we’re going to add in some baby spinach leaves. I have a half a pound of feta cheese. Give everything a nice mix. And I’m also going to drizzle in a little bit of heavy cream. Mix it all up and then let it simmer for another 3 minutes until the spinach wilts and the orzo cooks a little bit longer. It’s time to serve. [Music]