Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken and spinach orzo. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken and Spinach Orzo is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chicken and Spinach Orzo is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken and spinach orzo using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Spinach Orzo:
- Prepare 1 tbsp. olive oil
- Take 1/2 yellow onion, finely diced
- Take 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 3/4 cup orzo pasta, uncooked
- Get 1 cup unsalted chicken broth
- Make ready 1 can (15 oz.) fire roasted diced tomatoes, undrained
- Get 1/2 tsp. each Italian seasoning, dried basil, salt
- Get 1/4 tsp. pepper
- Get 2 cups shredded chicken
- Get 3 cups spinach, roughly chopped
- Make ready Freshly grated parmesan cheese, for serving
Instructions to make Chicken and Spinach Orzo:
- In a large, deep skillet with a tight fitting lid, heat the oil over medium heat. Once its hot, add the onion. Cook, stirring often until it's translucent, about 5-7 minutes. Then stir in the garlic and cook another minute or so more, until it's fragrant. Increase the heat to med-high and add the orzo to the pan and let that toast a bit, stirring often.
- Stir in the broth, diced tomatoes, chicken and seasonings. Let it come up to a low boil. Once starting to boil, cover with a lid and reduce the heat to med-low. Let this simmer covered for 12-15 minutes, or until the liquid has absorbed, stirring often. In the last few minutes of cook time, stir in the chopped spinach. Then serve with some fresh parmesan on top.
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