# Instant Pot Chicken with Orzo

A quick and easy chicken and orzo dish prepared in an Instant Pot, featuring lemon, garlic, and fresh herbs.

- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.25 onion
- garlic
- 1.5 lemon
- a little bit parsley
- chicken
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- a little bit oregano
- fresh thyme
- olive oil
- a splash lemon juice
- 2 cups orzo
- 4 cups chicken broth
- tiny little knob butter

## Instructions

1. Chop a quarter of an onion.
2. Chop garlic.
3. Cut one and a half lemons.
4. Wash and pat dry the chicken.
5. Trim off any undesirable parts from the chicken and cut the chicken very thin to create cutlets.
6. Season the chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder, a little oregano, fresh thyme, olive oil, and a little lemon juice.
7. Set the Instant Pot to sauté mode and add some olive oil.
8. Sear the chicken in batches to avoid overcrowding, then set it aside.
9. Add onions to the Instant Pot and sauté.
10. Add garlic to the Instant Pot and sauté until fragrant.
11. Add a splash of lemon juice to deglaze the pot, scraping up any browned bits.
12. Stir in two cups of orzo.
13. Add the remaining lemon juice.
14. Pour in four cups of chicken broth.
15. Season the orzo with salt and a little garlic powder.
16. Add a little fresh parsley to the orzo.
17. Return the seared chicken and any accumulated chicken juice to the Instant Pot.
18. Add a tiny knob of butter.
19. Close the Instant Pot and pressure cook on high pressure for six minutes.
20. Once the red valve drops down, open the Instant Pot.
21. Top with some fresh parsley before serving.

## Equipment

- Instant Pot
- knife

## Tips

- If you don't want to wash your chicken, don't.
- Cut chicken very thin to make cutlets.
- You can grate fresh garlic instead of using garlic powder.
- Don't overcrowd the Instant Pot when searing chicken.
- Deglaze the pot with lemon juice to get all the bits from the bottom.
- Season the orzo as it's cooking, similar to rice.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@melmpelaez/video/7605465322912582926?_r=1&_t=ZT-94lb1URYaWU
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/18dd06c6-d5f4-42d1-ba86-a46aaa736eb9
- Extracted: 2026-03-17

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