Green Chef-Style Mediterranean Chicken Orzo

Lemon-herb chicken thighs baked over orzo with kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, and feta.

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Ingredients

  • 4 organic chicken thighs, bone-in
  • 1 cup orzo pasta
  • 2 cups organic chicken bone broth
  • ½ cup kalamata olives, halved
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • juice and zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ cup organic feta, crumbled
  • fresh parsley

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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven 400°F. Season chicken with oregano, salt, pepper, lemon zest.
  2. Heat olive oil in oven-safe skillet. Sear chicken skin-down 5 min until golden.
  3. Remove chicken. Saute garlic 30 sec. Add orzo, broth, lemon juice, tomatoes. Nestle chicken on top skin-up.
  4. Bake uncovered 30–35 min until chicken 165°F and orzo has absorbed the broth. Top with olives, feta, parsley.

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