One Pot Chicken Orzo Pasta

This EASY one pot chicken dinner will become your go-to dinner recipe any night of the week! One Pot Chicken Orzo Pasta with Mushrooms is creamy, comforting and incredibly easy to make. Using simple ingredients, it comes together quickly for an easy dinner your family will love it!

One Pot Meals

So how much do you love one pot meals? If you’re anything like me, you really, really love one pot meals.

• Less dishes to wash up
• All your food groups in one pot
• Perfectly infused flavors

The fact that everything is cooked in just one pan means washing up is a breeze, but more important is one pot chicken meals are quick and very tasty too. The flavors all get a chance to infuse together meaning one pot meals are often very comforting as well.

One Pot Chicken

Easy chicken dinners are my go to and this One Pot Chicken Orzo Pasta with Mushrooms combines simple but delicious flavors perfect for a family meal. You can probably tell I’m a big chicken fan. Chicken is just so versatile, works well with so many different flavors, and can be cooked in such a variety of ways. Baked, stir-fried, poached, the list goes on, and totally perfect for a one pot meal.

We have so many wonderful one pot meals on Sunday Supper, including this One-Pot Mexican Chicken Pasta.

What is Orzo Pasta?

So I keep mentioning orzo pasta. If you’ve not come across it before, orzo, also known as risoni, is a cute little pasta that looks like rice. Yep, just simple pasta. Because of its size, orzo cooks very quickly and is perfect in dishes like my One Pot Chicken Orzo. It also works brilliantly in salads and soups.

One Pot Chicken Orzo Pasta Recipe Tips

• First you’ll brown off the chicken in just a little oil then set it aside
• Add some onion, celery, and garlic to the pan followed later by the mushrooms and orzo
• Then for a little extra mushroom kick, we add some dried porcini mushrooms. If you aren’t able to get hold of them, don’t worry, this dish still tastes great without
• Finally, some salt, pepper and we add back the chicken. This then simmers, covered, for around 12 minutes. Yes, you heard right (12 minutes)

If you love orzo and pasta as I do, check out this Cheesy Orzo Pasta Bake or how about this Creamy Chicken and Tomato Pesto Pasta Bake.

Try these pasta recipes:

• Mushroom Spinach Pasta
• Creamy Mushroom Pasta
• Chicken Glorioso Pasta Bake
• Homemade Bolognese Sauce with Pappardelle Pasta

Once all is said and done, you can have this dish on the table in under half an hour. A satisfying, flavorsome one pot chicken dinner that your family will love and likely go back for seconds.

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One Pot Chicken Orzo Pasta

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

35 mins

 

This EASY One Pot Chicken dinner will become your go-to dinner recipe any night of the week! One Pot Chicken Orzo Pasta with Mushrooms is creamy, comforting and incredibly easy to make. Using simple ingredients, it comes together quickly for an easy dinner your family will love it!

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Orzo Pasta Recipe

Servings: 4

Calories: 620 kcal

Author: Marie Roffey

Ingredients

• Salt and pepper
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 6 chicken thighs bone-in, skin on
• 2 stalks celery finely chopped
• 1/2 red onion finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic crushed
• 300 g swiss brown mushrooms or cremini mushrooms, sliced
• 1 1/4 cups orzo pasta risoni
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
• 5 g dried porcini mushrooms
• 1/4 cup boiling water
• 1 1/4 cups chicken stock
• Parsley to serve

Instructions

1. Sprinkle both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper.
2. Heat the oil over high heat, then add the chicken thighs, skin side down. Cook for about 5 minutes until the skin is nice and golden, then turn over and cook for another 3 minutes.
3. Transfer the chicken to a plate and set aside.
4. Drain away most of the excess oil, leaving about 1 tablespoon in the pan. Turn the heat down to medium.
5. Add the onion, celery and garlic and saute, stirring often for 2-3 minutes until starting to turn translucent.
6. While this is happening, in a small bowl, pour the boiling water over the dried porcini. Let it sit for about 2 minutes to soften, before scooping out the mushroom and finely chopping them.
7. Strain the porcini stock into the chicken stock to remove any grit.
8. Add the swiss brown mushrooms and saute for a further 1 minute
9. Add the orzo, and saute for another 2 minutes
10. Now, add the salt, pepper, chopped porcini, and stock and give the whole lot good stir. Bring it to the boil then add back the chicken, skin side up
11. Turn the heat down to low, so you just have a very slight simmer. Cover and cook for around 10-12 minutes until the orzo is tender.
12. Scatter over the finely chopped parsley right before serving

Nutrition Facts

One Pot Chicken Orzo Pasta

Amount Per Serving

Calories 620 Calories from Fat 279

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 31g 48%

Saturated Fat 8g 40%

Cholesterol 168mg 56%

Sodium 553mg 23%

Potassium 958mg 27%

Total Carbohydrates 44g 15%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 4g

Protein 37g 74%

Vitamin A 4.4%

Vitamin C 2.3%

Calcium 4.8%

Iron 12.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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