How To Make Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
Orzo soup loaded with shredded chicken, carrots, and celery is brightened up with a splash of lemon juice. In less than an hour, you have a filling dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lbchicken breasts,boneless skinless
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2½tbspolive oil,divided
- 1½cupscarrots,chopped
- 1½cupscelery,chopped
- 1½cupsyellow onion,chopped
- 5clovesgarlic,minced
- 7cupschicken broth
- 1½tsporegano,dried
- ½tspdried thyme
- ½tspdried rosemary
- ½tspdried basil
- 1cuporzo pasta,(5.8 oz), dried
- 1parmesan rind,plus shredded for serving
- 1½tsplemon zest
- ⅓cupfresh lemon juice
- 5ozfresh spinach,packed cups, roughly chopped
Instructions
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Place chicken on a cutting board, cover with plastic wrap and pound evenly to about ½-inch thickness. Season chicken with salt and pepper on both sides.
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Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil a large enameled cast iron pot over medium-high heat. Add chicken and sear for 2 to 3 minutes on each side until browned. Transfer chicken to plate leaving oil in pan.
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Add an additional ½ tablespoon olive oil to pan then add carrots, celery and onion and saute for 3 minutes. Move veggies to the side, add garlic and saute for 1 minute.
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Pour in chicken broth, oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary and season with salt and pepper to taste. Return chicken to pot and bring to a simmer.
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Add orzo and parmesan rind, reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer stirring occasionally, for about 8 to 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
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Remove parmesan rind and chicken and transfer chicken to a cutting board. Let chicken rest for 5 minutes then cut into very small cubes, about the length of the orzo. Meanwhile continue to cook soup, covered, while the chicken is resting.
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Return chicken to soup along with lemon juice, lemon zest and spinach and heat through. Serve warm with parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
- Calories: 497.04kcal
- Fat: 21.41g
- Saturated Fat: 5.53g
- Trans Fat: 0.10g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.85g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.52g
- Carbohydrates: 41.43g
- Fiber: 4.51g
- Sugar: 10.70g
- Protein: 34.54g
- Cholesterol: 72.00mg
- Sodium: 1455.09mg
- Calcium: 180.73mg
- Potassium: 1091.02mg
- Iron: 3.36mg
- Vitamin A: 483.29µg
- Vitamin C: 23.43mg
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