Lemon Chicken Like Feta Orzo

Weeknight dinner doldrums? This Greek-inspired Lemon Chicken will snap you out of it. Weve paired garlicky, lemony chicken subsequently salty, herbaceous orzo to wake up your palate and reach you through the week. This dish is easy enough for a weeknight but plus elegant sufficient for weekend entertaining. And, as always, we use every single one viable bit of our ingredients, right by the side of to the garlic paper and feta water. Waste not one scrap!

The ingredient of Lemon Chicken Like Feta Orzo

• 1 cup orzo or more if desired
• 7 boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 1 4 ounce feta cheese or more to taste
• 1 2 cup feta water
• 7 cloves garlic
• 2 teaspoons aleppo chili powder
• 2 tablespoons dried dill
• 1 lemon
• 1 4 cup white wine
• salt staples
• pepper staples
• olive oil staples
• 3 tablespoons butter staples

The Instruction of lemon chicken like feta orzo

• equipment large pan for chicken small pot for orzo grater strainer
• in your small pot add water and season heavily with salt once the water is boiling add the orzo to the pot
• place your large pan over high heat grab your chicken thighs and season both sides generously with salt and pepper drizzle the pan with olive oil and add 1 tablespoon of butter add the chicken thighs to the hot pan
• smash your garlic breaking apart the cloves but leaving the paper on set aside zest your lemon always rotating the lemon to a new spot thatu2019s not white cut your lemon into wedges and set aside
• check the underside of the chicken thighs they should be browned nicely after having cooked for about 6 minutes flip the thighs to brown the other side add the smashed garlic to the pan now squeeze your lemon wedges all over the chicken and toss the wedges into the pan add your lemon zest white wine and feta water to the pan
• grab a bowl for your orzo to the bowl add well crumbled feta a drizzle of olive oil aleppo chili powder dried dill and mix well strain the orzo through a strainer and add to the bowl toss to combine and salt and pepper to taste
• back over to the chicken thighs tilt your pan and using a spoon baste the chicken with its sauce take the pan off the heat and crumble in 2 tablespoons of butter to finish the sauce
• to serve plate a pile of orzo add several chicken thighs on top add lemon wedges add garlic cloves that have released from their paper and spoon your sauce over the entire dish

Nutritions of Lemon Chicken Like Feta Orzo

@type: nutritioninformation
@type: 550 calories
@type: 42 grams
@type: 145 milligrams
@type: 21 grams
@type: 4 grams
@type: 47 grams
@type: 8 grams
@type: 500 milligrams
@type: 2 grams