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If you love a classic lemon and basil flavor profile, you're in for a delightful surprise. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the orzo pasta. Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, paprika, herbs, garlic, salt and pepper and set aside.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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)
- Prepare 2 large garlic cloves minced
- Prepare Zest of 1 large lemon
- Prepare 1 lemon
- Make ready 1/2 cup peas
- Prepare Salt
- Prepare 5 tbsp unsalted butter lemonade pepper season
- Prepare 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
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. Feel free to bulk up this salad with more grilled chicken for an even bigger protein boost. This plate of Crispy Lemon Feta with Spiced Chickpeas and Basil Orzo is a great easy meatless dinner for any night of the week.
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.
Crispy pan-fried feta cheese paired with spiced chickpeas and zucchini and severed over a creamy garlic lemon yogurt and buttery basil orzo. Cook the garlic and toast the orzo for a minute until the garlic and thyme are very fragrant and then add the wine to deglaze the pan (scrape the bottom of pan clean). 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. This easy orzo recipe reminds me a lot of my recent Greek Lemon Chicken and Orzo recipe, which has been very popular so far with readers.
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