Recipe: One Pan Chicken Orzo

Jan 28

I love meals that are easy, tasty and healthy — this is one of them!
(especially one pan meals)

I first tried this dish at my friends house, she put me onto this meal and it blew my mind! I had never been so excited to have left overs.

I wanted to make it myself so I searched a bunch of “one pan chicken orzo” recipes to gather the general idea and then did my own thing.

I dont tend to measure when I cook, I like to eye ball and go with the flow most of the time.

I used to be so in deep my head when I was first learning how to cook following recipes religiously… but in the end, you dont enjoy the process and the recipes didnt come out that great - the best ones are when you play around and trust yourself.

ONE PAN CHICKEN ORZO RECIPE:

Ingredients:

orzo pasta
chicken thighs (I like boneless)
tomato (I like using about 10 cherry tomatoes)
onion
basil
bone broth - I like using Brodo House, a frozen chicken bone broth from a local Canadian company that use clean, simple ingredients
seasonings, I used: salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, oregano

Instructions:

Pre heat oven to 375 degrees

I like to soak the orzo pasta for at least 5 mins

It’ll be best to use a pan that can be used on the stove top and also placed in the oven

remove chicken thighs from pack and season both sides with: salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, oregano
sautee both sides of the thighs for about 5 mins each
while these are cooking, chop your onion and tomato
remove chicken from pan and place to the side
sautee your chopped onion and tomato in juices that are remaining in the pan - about 5 mins
add the orzo and and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder - about 2 mins
add the chicken thighs back to the pan
pour in the bone broth
(I eye balled this but the ratio of liquid to orzo is usually 2:1, so 1 cup broth to 1/2 cup orzo)
chop up basil and place on top
the put the pan in the oven and set timer for 35 mins

There you have it!

**My holistic nutritionist brain has to remind you to always be mindful of your carb to protein proportions in meals to make sure you’re support our blood sugar and satiety.

You dont want to add too much orzo pasta and have very little chicken.

I map this out for clients in their nutritional protocols (how to structure their plates and macros) but this is an awareness we should always have in general.