Chicken Orzo Soup

Growing up successful a Mediterranean kitchen, homemade chickenhearted crockery was a staple—a crockery that brought comfortableness to nan array nary matter nan season. My mom would commencement pinch homemade chickenhearted stock, past move it into a nourishing crockery pinch plentifulness of vegetables, orzo, and a generous compression of caller citrus juice for that signature Mediterranean flavor.

Here successful nan U.S., galore mention to this arsenic Greek citrus chickenhearted crockery pinch orzo, but versions of this crockery tin beryllium recovered successful kitchens each crossed nan Mediterranean. No matter what you telephone it, for me, it reflects nan comforting meals I grew up with. And if you emotion hearty, comforting soups, my Chicken Vegetable Soup is different must-try!

Chicken Orzo Soup Ingredients

This easy chickenhearted citrus orzo crockery look comes together pinch a fewer basal ingredients that you astir apt already person connected hand. Below are nan cardinal ingredients you’ll request to make this recipe:

• Mirepoix (The “holy trinity”): Yellow onion, carrots, and celery comprise nan aromatic veggie guidelines of immoderate awesome crockery recipe, including this chickenhearted orzo soup.
• Olive oil: Use a robust other virgin oliva lipid arsenic your base. 
• Fresh garlic: I utilized 3 cloves successful this recipe, but consciousness free to set if you bask an moreover stronger ail flavor. While I for illustration caller garlic, successful a pinch you tin usage ail powder. It is not traditional, but it would work.
• Seasonings: The basal kosher brackish and crushed achromatic capsicum is great, but conscionable for immoderate other flavor, I added a spoon of Italian seasoning, which is optional.
• Chicken stock: Homemade chickenhearted stock takes immoderate crockery to nan adjacent level, but if you’re short connected time, store-bought low-sodium chickenhearted broth useful conscionable arsenic well.
• Lemon juice: I utilized 4 tablespoons successful this lemony orzo chickenhearted soup, but I highly urge having immoderate other arsenic you whitethorn want to adhd much astatine nan extremity aft giving it a taste.
• Chicken: I used boneless, skinless chickenhearted thighs, but boneless skinless chickenhearted breasts are besides a suitable option. 
• Orzo pasta: Any marque of dried orzo pasta will activity for this recipe. Wondering really to navigator orzo for soup? It’s easy—no request to navigator it first—we’re going to navigator it correct successful nan broth!
• Fresh herbs: I utilized caller parsley arsenic a finisher for my chickenhearted orzo crockery recipe, but if you’d for illustration a small other burst of Mediterranean flavor, a fistful of chopped caller dill aliases caller thyme would besides beryllium a awesome addition.

How to Make Chicken Orzo Soup?

With 1 cookware and 45 minutes, anyone tin put together this comforting citrus chickenhearted orzo crockery recipe. Here are a fewer easy steps for you to follow:

1. Cook your veggies. Heat nan oliva lipid successful a Dutch oven aliases a ample crockery cookware pinch a lid complete medium-high heat. Next, adhd your “holy trinity”—2 cups of chopped onion, 1 cup of chopped carrots, and 1 cup of chopped celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened, which ends up being about  7-8 minutes.
2. Add your seasonings to nan pot. Toss successful your 3 cloves of minced garlic,1 spoon Italian seasoning, 1 spoon kosher brackish and ½ spoon of crushed achromatic capsicum successful pinch nan veggies. Saute nan mixture, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds.
3. Add successful your broth and navigator nan chickenhearted thoroughly. Add 6 cups of chickenhearted stock, 4 tablespoons of citrus juice, and 1 lb (about 4) boneless skinless chickenhearted thighs (or 2 medium-sized chickenhearted breasts). Bring it to a boil. Once it comes to a boil, bring nan power down to mean and fto it simmer for 15 minutes aliases until nan chickenhearted is afloat cooked. Chicken should registry 165 degrees F erstwhile inserted pinch a nutrient thermometer. Take nan retired of nan crockery and transportation it to a cutting board.
4. Cook your orzo straight successful nan broth. Stir successful nan orzo and fto it navigator for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. 
5. Shred nan chicken. While nan orzo is cooking, shred nan chickenhearted utilizing 2 forks (or you tin besides trim it into mini bite-sized pieces), past adhd it backmost into nan cookware and operation to combine.

6. Finish your Greek citrus orzo soup. When nan orzo is afloat cooked, springiness it a speedy taste, past adhd much seasoning and citrus juice arsenic needed. Add ¼ cup chopped parsley, ladle into bowls, and serve.

How to Store, Freeze, and Reheat?

Preparing a ample cookware of immoderate soup—particularly 1 arsenic satisfying arsenic this chickenhearted and orzo soup—means you whitethorn person immoderate leftovers that will beryllium delightful to bask for a 2nd (or third!) early meal. This is really I support it fresh:

• Storage: For immoderate leftovers, let your crockery to cool to room somesthesia first. Then, shop it successful an airtight instrumentality successful nan fridge for up to 4 days. 
• Freezing: Have you been wondering, Can you frost chickenhearted orzo soup? Well, you can… pinch a flimsy alteration. For leftovers, I honestly do not urge it because pasta, successful general, doesn’t frost well. So, if you person nan afloat chickenhearted and orzo crockery made already, I would counsel you not to frost it. The orzo will sensation mushy erstwhile defrosted later. However, if you scheme connected making a large batch to repast prep, past navigator your Mediterranean chickenhearted crockery without nan orzo, frost it, past adhd successful nan orzo erstwhile you reheat it later. 
• Reheat: Transfer your chickenhearted orzo citrus crockery into a saucepan and lukewarm up complete mean heat. If nan consistency feels excessively thick, adhd successful a small spot of h2o aliases chickenhearted banal to bladed it out.

FAQs

What to Serve pinch Chicken Orzo Soup?

While this hearty chickenhearted citrus orzo crockery is important capable to service connected its own, it besides pairs good with:

• A Meal-Worthy Salad: A crisp crockery is ever a awesome opposition to a lukewarm vessel of soup. I emotion serving this pinch my Greek Cucumber Salad for a refreshing Mediterranean touch aliases my Kale Brussels Sprout Salad for thing a small heartier.
• Crusty bread: There’s thing amended than soaking up that flavorful broth pinch a bully portion of bread! I urge my No Knead Artisan Bread for nan classical crusty breadstuff and crockery combination, my Air Fryer Garlic Bread for an other punch of flavor, aliases a elemental Focaccia bread for a pillowy and herby bite.

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