# Lemon Chicken Orzo

This is a healthy and easy lemon chicken orzo dish that takes less than 30 minutes to make.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
- olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- dried oregano
- dried basil
- paprika
- garlic powder
- chicken broth
- parmesan
- lemon
- orzo
- garlic
- butter
- milk
- heavy cream

## Instructions

1. Set your oven to 400.
2. Wash the chicken breasts.
3. Pat the chicken dry and then tenderize it using either a meat tenderizer or the palm of your hand.
4. Season both sides of your chicken with garlic powder, oregano, basil, paprika, salt and pepper to taste.
5. Get out your cast iron skillet and put it on the stove over medium high heat with a little bit of olive oil on top.
6. Once the oil is shimmering, you're going to add the chicken breasts to the cast iron skillet and don't touch it for five minutes.
7. In the meantime, you're going to mince two to three cloves of garlic.
8. Place another pan on the stove over medium high heat and you're going to toast 1 1/2 cups of orzo for just about two or three minutes.
9. While the orzo is toasting and the chicken has reached five minutes, you're going to flip each breast and then put the entire cast iron skillet in the oven at 400 for about 10 to 12 minutes.
10. While the chicken's in the oven, you're going to add two to three cups of chicken broth to the orzo, along with your minced garlic.
11. Let the orzo cook around 12 to 14 minutes until it's thickened.
12. Once the chicken's ready, take it out of the oven and you want a nice crisp on the outside but still juicy and tender on the inside.
13. Once the orzo's thickened, you can add a splash of heavy cream or milk, the juice of one lemon, 1 tablespoon butter, salt, pepper and add red pepper flakes.
14. Mix that all in for your desired consistency.
15. Top it with fresh grated parmesan and a side of spinach.

## Equipment

- oven
- cast iron skillet
- pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj95RPRe/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b36ea4f6-a6bb-4da1-915e-7f88978dbb64
- Extracted: 2025-05-25

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