# Chicken and Orzo

Grilled Chicken and Orzo is a simple pasta dish with marinating and braising chicken, cooking orzo, and preparing a sauce with various vegetables and seasonings.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Chicken
- Avocado oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Harissa
- Oregano
- Chili powder
- Orzo
- Onions
- Fresh thyme
- Tomato paste
- Diced zucchini
- Grape tomatoes
- Chicken stock
- Parmesan cheese
- Parsley

## Instructions

1. Place chicken in a large bowl.
2. Add avocado oil to the chicken.
3. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
4. Add harissa to the chicken.
5. Add oregano and chili powder to the chicken.
6. Mix the chicken with the seasonings until well coated.
7. Cook the chicken on a hot griddle until it gets a nice crust and flip it over.
8. Remove the cooked chicken and place it into a hotel pan.
9. Pour chicken stock over the chicken in the hotel pan.
10. Cover the chicken with foil and braise it in an oven preheated to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
11. Add salt to boiling water.
12. Add orzo to the boiling salted water and cook for about 9 minutes.
13. Heat a pan with oil.
14. Add diced onions to the hot pan and let them soften.
15. Season onions with salt and pepper.
16. Add a handful of fresh thyme to the pan.
17. Add tomato paste to the pan and cook until it browns a little.
18. Add diced zucchini to the pan.
19. Add grape tomatoes to the pan.
20. Add another pinch of salt and black pepper.
21. Stir the vegetables and then pour in chicken stock.
22. Let the mixture simmer for a while to let flavors come together.
23. Add the cooked orzo to the simmering vegetable mixture.
24. Stir everything well until mixed.
25. Add parmesan cheese to the orzo mixture and stir.
26. Add parsley to the orzo mixture and stir.
27. Add a bit more cheese to the orzo and stir it in.
28. Plate the orzo in bowls.
29. Place chicken pieces on a cutting board.
30. Slice the chicken.
31. Place sliced chicken on top of the orzo in each bowl.
32. Sprinkle more cheese on top of the chicken and orzo.

## Equipment

- Large bowl
- Griddle
- Hotel pan
- Oven
- Hot pan
- Plates
- Knife
- Cutting board
- Tongs

## Tips

- Cook tomato paste until it gets dark to create amazing flavors.
- Build flavor in layers when adding seasonings to the orzo.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@oldscoolkevmo/video/7545258856939621663?_r=1&_t=ZN-917gzssXWNi
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ce3ca081-6aa5-43db-9f5d-a6c0fd6fca5e
- Extracted: 2025-11-04

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