Step-by-Step Guide to Make Super Quick Homemade Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, chicken thighs with orzo pasta. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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. WELCOME back to my Channel CJ's Cuisine.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. 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. Get 1 tsp Olive Oil
2. Take 1 Medium - Large Chopped Onion
3. Prepare 5 Chicken Thighs
4. Get 2 cloves Garlic
5. Get 1 tbsp Tomato Puree
6. Make ready 1/2 pint Chicken Stock
7. Take 1/2 Juice of Lemon
8. Prepare 1/2 Red Pepper
9. Prepare 400 gm tin Chopped Tomatoes
10. Prepare 100 gs Orzo
11. Get 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. Pat the thighs dry and season with oregano, paprika, salt, and pepper. Top each with a thigh, some of the orzo mixture & some of the cheese.

Instructions 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.

Pat the thighs dry and season with oregano, paprika, salt, and pepper. Top each with a thigh, some of the orzo mixture & some of the cheese. This easy chicken dinner is truly a one-dish meal because you cook both the chicken and the pasta in the same pot, then add the peas, herbs and cheese. I love orzo and this was a great dish. It's not overly flavorful so next time I might try adding some garlic as previous reviewers suggested.

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