One Pot Mediterranean-Style Chicken Orzo
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Prep Time
15 MINS
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Cook Time
50 MINS
- KCals 437
- Carbs 53G
Ingredients
- 6 boneless chicken thighs skin removed
- 250 g orzo
- 1 stick celery diced
- 1 carrot diced
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 onion diced
- 1.5 tsp paprika
- 4 mushrooms roughly sliced
- 6 cloves garlic left whole
- 1 handful cherry tomatoes
- 1 lemon juice only
- 500 ml chicken stock made with 1 chicken stock cube and boiling water
- 1 handful flat-leaf parsley leaves roughly chopped
- 1.5 tsp ground allspice
- 0.5 tsp ground turmeric
- low calorie cooking spray
Instructions
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Coat the chicken thighs in the paprika, ground allspice, turmeric and salt and leave for 10 mins. In the meantime chop the vegetables.
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Spray a large pan with some low calorie cooking spray and heat gently.
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Cook the chicken thighs until they start to brown. Turn them over and brown the other sides.
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Set the chicken aside.
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Add a few more sprays of low calorie cooking spray to the pan, then fry off the onion, carrot, celery, garlic and mushrooms until the onion is soft.
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Add the tomatoes, lemon juice and 100ml of the chicken stock. Return the chicken back to the pan and place in the oven with a lid on (or covered with foil) for 30 mins at 180°C.
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Carefully remove the pan from the oven, add the orzo, parsley and the rest of the stock, stir, and return to the oven for 20 mins with the lid off