One Pot Chicken Risoni
A great one pan meal for midweek, loaded with vegetables and Greek flavours! The list of ingredients is looks long, but there's actually a lot of repeat ingredients.
A pot of baked Greek orzo with chicken
Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:35 minutes
Total Time:50 minutes
Servings:4 -5
Course:Dinner, One Pot
Ingredients
MaRINaTED CHICKEN
- 1 lb / 500g chicken thighs , boneless skinless (or breast), cut into2cm / 4/5" pieces
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 lemon - zest of the whole lemon and juice of HaLF the lemon
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper
ORZO/RISONI
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 small onion , diced
- 2 zucchinis , diced
- 1 red bell pepper/capsicum , sliced
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 14 oz / 400g canned crushed tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 cup orzo/risoni
- 1 punnet cherry tomatoes
- Salt and pepper
GaRNISH (OPTIONaL)
- Crumbled feta cheese
- Fresh oregano leaves
Instructions
1. Combine Marinated Chicken ingredients in a bowl and set aside for marinate for 20 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
3. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large, deep skillet or dutch oven over high heat.
4. Cook chicken until lightly browned but still pink inside. Remove from skillet.
5. Turn heat down to medium high.
6. add 1 tbsp olive oil, garlic and onion. Saute for 1 minute, then add zucchini and bell peppers/capsicum. Cook for 2 minutes.
7. add oregano, chicken broth, canned tomato and tomato paste. add salt and pepper to taste.
8. Mix, then add orzo / risoni. Mix, then top with chicken.
9. Bring to a simmer, scatter over cherry tomatoes then transfer to the oven.
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Recipe Notes:
1. Risoni cooks very quickly! So transfer it to the oven as soon as it starts simmering on the stove, otherwise it will overcook by the time the bake time is finished (it cooks faster on the stove than the oven). Check it after 15 minutes see if the orzo / risoni is done.
2. Nutrition assuming 5 servings.
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