Plenty of vegetables, with risoni/orzo and chicken.
Tastes like risotto loaded with tasty lemon-garlic Greek flavours!
and recipe videos where the chicken doesnt have a weird green-ish/yellow tinge.
This recipe starts on the stove to brown the chicken and sauté aromatics, then the risoni is cooked in the oven (which means no stirring, yay!).
Like todays new-old recipe: Greek chicken risoni!
Complete dinner made in one pot, nice and quick to make, loaded with tasty Greek flavours.
What you need
Heres what it’s crucial that you make this Greek risoni recipe.
The risoni / orzo
Risoni is actually a pasta that is shaped like long grains of rice.
Also known as orzo, find it in the pasta aisle.
It costs around the same as spaghetti etc.
This recipe starts on the stove to brown the chicken and sauté aromatics, then the risoni is cooked in the oven (which means no stirring, yay!).
Risoni / orzo See notes above the photo.
Chicken stock / broth and canned tomato These are the liquids used to cook the risoni.
Better than water because the risoni absorbs the flavour as it cooks!
Not the end of the world if you dont have it.
Vegetables I use zucchini / courgette and capsicum / bell pepper.
Also, if someone could arrange for the global standardisation of food words, that would be super helpful.
Onion and garlic Flavour base aromatics.
Cherry tomatoesor grape tomatoes I like to scatter across the surface before popping the dish in the oven.
Love the juicy pops of tomato that burst in your mouth!
Lemon garlic chicken
A brief marinade of the chicken with classic Greek flavours makes the chicken that much tastier!
Heres what you need:
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Anyone whos made the fan-favouriteOne Pot Greek Chicken with Lemon Ricewill know this method works well!
Marinade chickenin the lemon, olive oil, garlic and oregano.
Just 20 minutes adds decent flavour into the chicken flesh.
Brown chicken Use a large ovenproof skillet / frying pan, or large pot.
The one Im using is a 30cm / 12 non-stick frying pan.
Cook the chicken, just to seal the outside and lightly brown it.
It will only take about 2 to 3 minutes.
Dont cook the chicken all the way through as it will finish cooking with the risoni.
Saute aromatics and vegetables Once the chicken is browned, remove it from the pan.
Then saute the garlic and onion, followed by the zucchini and capsicum.
Add everything else Add the risoni and stir to coat in the tasty flavours.
Top with chickenand cherry tomatoes but dont stir them in.
Garnish and serve Remove the pan from the oven.
There should still be small pools of liquid on the surface.
This is what we want the dish should be oozy and saucy, not dry and stodgy!
Drizzle the dish with lemon juice, crumble over the not-optional-feta then sprinkle with the optional-fresh-oregano.
Prevent screen from sleeping
LOOK how juicy and irresistibly oozy it looks.
Its calling your name!
Spoon into bowls, and marvel how it looks just like your favourite risotto.
Except, well, you know.
Hope these sparkling new photos and in-focus-video convinces you to make this!!
Nagi x
PS The Ingredients list in the recipe below looks deceptively long.
But actually, there are quite a few double ups because of the way I write the recipe.
So dont be put off!
But most importantly, Life of Dozer section has been added!
More risoni / orzo recipes
I do love risoni!
So quick to cook, tastes like risotto.
Life of Dozer
NO, hes not being adorable, cuddling up to me.
Hes trying to get to my toast on the other side.
