How to Prepare Speedy Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta

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First you brown the chicken, then brown the orzo in the rendered fat, and then add some onions and garlic. Add the chicken back to the pasta, pour in some stock and crushed tomatoes, cover and cook until the pasta has absorbed the liquid. You can do most of the prep while the chicken is browning. In this case, orzo, a small, flat pasta, and sweet potato are cooked in this style, slowly with lots of stirring.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken thighs with orzo pasta using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta:

1. Prepare 1 tsp Olive Oil
2. Get 1 Medium - Large Chopped Onion
3. Prepare 5 Chicken Thighs
4. Take 2 cloves Garlic
5. Take 1 tbsp Tomato Puree
6. Take 1/2 pint Chicken Stock
7. Make ready 1/2 Juice of Lemon
8. Make ready 1/2 Red Pepper
9. Make ready 400 gm tin Chopped Tomatoes
10. Take 100 gs Orzo
11. Prepare Salt
12. Get Oregano

The orzo pasta in this chicken and sausage recipe is cooked risotto-style. Follow along with Chef John's recipe for Chicken and Sausage Orzo Pasta. To finish this dish, just add the browned chicken thighs and sausage back into the pan and warm through. For savory satisfaction, try our Skillet Chicken Thighs & Orzo.

Steps to make Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta:

1. Heat oil in large frying pan, that has a lid. Add chopped onion and fry gently til soft.
2. Score each piece and place in pan, skin side down. Keep moving the onions and turn thighs to colour all over, about 5-10 mins
3. Grate garlic into onions, sprinkle thighs with oregano. Continue turning thighs. Add Tomato Puree and Red Pepper. Mix Puree into onions. Squeeze lemon juice in and stir.
4. Add tin Tomatoes and salt to taste and bring to boil. You can add Worcestershire Sauce now and leave out the pasta and stock. Finish as 6 below.
5. Add Chicken Stock and stir into Tomatoes. Add Orzo and stir through. Bring back to boil then turn down to lowest heat to get a simmer.
6. Cover and simmer for about 30mins. Stir at 15mins to stop Orzo sticking to pan. After 30mins remove lid, add Worcestershire Sauce. Continue simmering for a further 10-15 mins while sauce thickens.

To finish this dish, just add the browned chicken thighs and sausage back into the pan and warm through. For savory satisfaction, try our Skillet Chicken Thighs & Orzo. ATHENOS Crumbled Feta Cheese with Basil & Tomato makes good skillet chicken thighs great. For this skillet meal I combined chicken thighs seasoned with lemon pepper, orzo cooked in chicken broth, and a healthy dose of parsley and feta. Getting one pot pasta meals to cook just right can take a little practice, but here are a few tips to make sure your pasta cooks evenly and all the way through.

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