Dinner
Lemon Pepper Chicken Orzo
One pot, twenty minutes: golden chicken, silky orzo and a sauce sharpened with lemon and cracked pepper.
20
Minutes
2
Serves
560
kcal / serving
44g
Protein
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Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 180 g orzo
- 500 ml chicken stock
- 1 lemon
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- Black pepper, coarsely cracked
- Olive oil
- Flat-leaf parsley
The method
- 1
Brown the chicken
Slice the chicken into thick strips, season, and brown in olive oil for three minutes. Remove and set aside — it finishes later.
- 2
Toast the orzo
In the same pan, toast the orzo for one minute in the chicken fat until lightly golden.
- 3
Simmer
Pour in the stock and simmer for eight minutes, stirring now and then, until the orzo is nearly tender.
- 4
Return and finish
Return the chicken with its juices for the final three minutes. Stir in crème fraîche, lemon zest and juice, and an aggressive amount of pepper.
- 5
Rest and serve
Rest off the heat for two minutes, then finish with parsley.
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