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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon garlic basil orzo with grilled chicken using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon Garlic Basil Orzo with Grilled Chicken:
- Make ready 3 cups cooked orzo(1 1/2 cups uncooked)
- Prepare .75 oz fresh basil fine chopped (reserve 3tbsp for service)
- Get 2 large garlic cloves minced
- Prepare Zest of 1 large lemon
- Make ready 1 lemon
- Make ready 1/2 cup peas
- Prepare Salt
- Make ready 5 tbsp unsalted butter lemonade pepper season
- Make ready 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Let's walk through how to whip up this tasty one pot Greek chicken and creamy orzo recipe. First make the marinade by whisking together the Greek yogurt, oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper, and dried oregano. This lemon orzo salad also includes grilled chicken breasts, seasoned very simply with salt and pepper. After the chicken comes off the grill, it's shredded into bite-size pieces and folded into the lemony salad.
Instructions to make Lemon Garlic Basil Orzo with Grilled Chicken:
- Salt your water and boil the orzo until aldente, strain and rinse to stop the cooking.
- Add 2 tbsp of butter to a pan a cook the garlic until fragrant. Add juice of half a lemon and cook for an additional few minutes
- Add 3 tbsp of butter until the sauce thickens
- Add the pasta and the peas and a couple pinches of salt and heat through. Add the basil for a few minutes followed by Parmesan cheese, up to you how much. Taste for salt or additional lemon juice and serve with lemon pepper chicken. Finish with some fresh basil if you have it.
Feel free to bulk up this salad with more grilled chicken for an even bigger protein boost. Combine lemon peel, lemon juice, garlic, salt, oil and basil in a blender or food processor. Make garlic herb marinade: In a medium mixing bowl whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, basil, parsley, oregano, rosemary, thyme, and garlic. Next add the broth and cream and season with salt and pepper. Bring everything to a boil stirring the pan well and then place the chicken thighs over the orzo along with the lemon slices.
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