# One Pan Chicken and Orzo with Bacon

A delicious one-pan dinner featuring chicken, orzo, bacon, and a creamy, cheesy sauce.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 12 ounces bacon
- 2 large chicken breasts
- slap your mama seasoning
- garlic and herb seasoning
- rotisserie chicken seasoning
- 0.5 block of cheese
- 1 pound orzo
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 0.5 cup heavy cream
- green onions

## Instructions

1. Chop 12 ounces of bacon.
2. Set a large skillet to medium to low heat and add the chopped bacon.
3. Slice two large chicken breasts in half to make them thin, resulting in four large pieces.
4. Season the chicken well with slap your mama seasoning, garlic and herb seasoning, and rotisserie chicken seasoning.
5. Toss the bacon every now and then while it cooks.
6. Shred half of a block of cheese and set it aside.
7. Once the bacon is cooked through and crispy, remove it from the pan, leaving the bacon grease in the pan.
8. Add the seasoned chicken to the pan with the bacon grease.
9. Cook the chicken at medium to high heat for about 3 to 3.5 minutes on each side until golden brown.
10. Once the chicken is cooked, set it aside.
11. Add 1 pound of orzo to the pan with the remaining bacon grease and toast it for a few minutes.
12. Add 4 cups of chicken broth to the orzo, set the heat to high, and let it boil.
13. Add all the seasonings used earlier to the orzo and broth.
14. Slice the cooked chicken thinly.
15. Keep tossing the orzo every now and then.
16. Once all the liquid has been absorbed by the orzo, add about half a cup of heavy cream.
17. Add the shredded cheese about a cup at a time and mix until it is melted.
18. Sprinkle the cooked bacon all over the orzo.
19. Top the dish with the sliced chicken.
20. Add some green onions on top.

## Equipment

- large skillet

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBbjDfjE/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e3e8fbf6-948c-4e64-a1ab-99382c7d7ab4
- Extracted: 2026-06-17

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