Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta
Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta

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"I thought my days of looking young and thin were long gone. First you brown the chicken, then brown the orzo in the rendered fat, and then add some onions and garlic. Add the chicken back to the pasta, pour in some stock and crushed tomatoes, cover and cook until the pasta has absorbed the liquid. Bring to a boil & reduce heat.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken thighs with orzo pasta using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta:
  1. Make ready 1 tsp Olive Oil
  2. Get 1 Medium - Large Chopped Onion
  3. Get 5 Chicken Thighs
  4. Get 2 cloves Garlic
  5. Get 1 tbsp Tomato Puree
  6. Take 1/2 pint Chicken Stock
  7. Get 1/2 Juice of Lemon
  8. Make ready 1/2 Red Pepper
  9. Take 400 gm tin Chopped Tomatoes
  10. Get 100 gs Orzo
  11. Take Salt
  12. Prepare Oregano

Add orzo and cook until pasta is darkened (it will take on a brown hue) to a nice nutty brown in spots. Set same skillet over medium; combine fennel bulb and leek in skillet and sprinkle in some salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then add the orzo pasta. Nestle the chicken pieces, and top with the green bell pepper slices.

Instructions to make Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta:
  1. Heat oil in large frying pan, that has a lid. Add chopped onion and fry gently til soft.
  2. Score each piece and place in pan, skin side down. Keep moving the onions and turn thighs to colour all over, about 5-10 mins
  3. Grate garlic into onions, sprinkle thighs with oregano. Continue turning thighs. Add Tomato Puree and Red Pepper. Mix Puree into onions. Squeeze lemon juice in and stir.
  4. Add tin Tomatoes and salt to taste and bring to boil. You can add Worcestershire Sauce now and leave out the pasta and stock. Finish as 6 below.
  5. Add Chicken Stock and stir into Tomatoes. Add Orzo and stir through. Bring back to boil then turn down to lowest heat to get a simmer.
  6. Cover and simmer for about 30mins. Stir at 15mins to stop Orzo sticking to pan. After 30mins remove lid, add Worcestershire Sauce. Continue simmering for a further 10-15 mins while sauce thickens.

Bring to a boil, then add the orzo pasta. Nestle the chicken pieces, and top with the green bell pepper slices. Stir in the orzo and stock, then return the chicken to the pan, skin-side up. Scatter the orzo, or small pasta shape you're using, in and around the chicken, ensuring it is all submerged in the liquid. Cut the stems of half the parsley plant, reserve the leaves, then finely chop the stems and add to the sauce.

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