Chicken, Leek and Bacon Orzo
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Slice a couple of chicken breasts.
- 2Season both sides of the chicken breasts.
- 3In a pan, render out the fat from some bacon until it's crispy.
- 4Use the leftover bacon fat to fry the seasoned chicken breasts.
- 5Once the chicken is lightly charred on both sides and cooked through, remove it from the pan.
- 6Melt some butter in the same pan and fry the leeks with garlic and thyme.
- 7Add uncooked orzo to the pan and stir.
- 8Add chicken stock, cream, Dijon mustard, and nutmeg to make the sauce.
- 9Once the orzo is cooked through, add the resting juices from the chicken.
- 10Stir in some Parmesan cheese and the crispy bacon.
- 11Serve up the orzo first.
- 12Slice the cooked chicken breast and place it on top of the orzo.
- 13Garnish with a wedge of lemon.
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breast
- seasoning
- bacon
- butter
- leeks
- garlic
- thyme
- uncooked orzo
- chicken stock
- cream
- Dijon mustard
- nutmeg
- Parmesan
- 1 wedge lemon
Equipment
pancutting boardtongsspatula
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