13 garlic chicken orzo recipes

This is a quick and easy recipe, I have made it several times, always very great, a good keeper.

Fairly easy to put together, and the dish was packed with flavor and very filling too. It is an excellent way to add dark leafy greens such as rapini into your meal. Feel feel to use kale or spinach to replace rapini.

Crockpot jambalaya layered with chicken, smoked sausage, and shrimp in a Creole-spiced tomato base. Orzo cooks right in the pot, and the shrimp goes in last so it stays plump.

Risotto-style orzo with fresh tomatoes, Asiago cheese, garlic, and parsley simmered in chicken stock. Creamy pasta with risotto texture in half the time and no constant stirring.

Green vegetable pasta soup loaded with leeks, cabbage, green beans, zucchini, peas, and orzo simmered in chicken broth. A bright, spring-forward one-pot soup finished with fresh herbs for a quick weeknight dinner.

Pine nut dressing with sauteed ground beef, onions, and toasted pine nuts tossed with orzo pasta. A savory, Middle Eastern-inspired stuffing ready in 20 minutes.

A buttery lemon-garlic orzo finished with parmesan and fresh herbs. The chicken broth reduces and gets mounted with butter into a silky sauce that coats every grain. A quick, savory side for any meat.

Provencal chicken breasts braised in white wine with tomatoes, leeks, kalamata olives, and orange zest, served over herb-tossed rosemary orzo. A French-inspired one-skillet dinner.

Very great orzo and toasted barsley, light and healthy.

Kotopoulo Giouvetsi is a Greek one-pan roasted chicken with orzo baked in tomatoes, brandy, bell peppers, and cumin. The orzo cooks in the pan juices for deep flavor.

Low-fat cabbage soup with browned turkey sausage, orzo pasta, plum tomatoes, and Italian herbs. A filling one-pot meal in just 35 minutes.

Lentil pasta soup with orzo, Italian green beans, tomatoes, and four dried herbs in a chicken broth base. A hearty one-pot soup finished with vinegar and croutons.

Chicken breasts stuffed with an orzo, anchovy, basil, and garlic filling, wrapped in their own skin and baked in Marsala and balsamic. A refined Italian dinner for adventurous home cooks.