Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta
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.

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To get started with this recipe, we must 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. Take 1 Medium - Large Chopped Onion
  3. Prepare 5 Chicken Thighs
  4. Take 2 cloves Garlic
  5. Get 1 tbsp Tomato Puree
  6. Get 1/2 pint Chicken Stock
  7. Get 1/2 Juice of Lemon
  8. Get 1/2 Red Pepper
  9. Prepare 400 gm tin Chopped Tomatoes
  10. Prepare 100 gs Orzo
  11. Prepare Salt
  12. Prepare Oregano

Chicken Thighs with a Fennel & Spinach Buttery Orzo Music by: Jef, Secret Sauce. The thighs were excellent with very crispy skin. However, the orzo is incredibly sticky and starchy. Great flavors, but not so much on texture.

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.

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