Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chicken thighs with orzo pasta. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The orzo pasta in this chicken and sausage recipe is cooked risotto-style. Follow along with Chef John's recipe for Chicken and Sausage Orzo Pasta. To finish this dish, just add the browned chicken thighs and sausage back into the pan and warm through.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chicken thighs with orzo pasta using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta:
- Get 1 tsp Olive Oil
- Get 1 Medium - Large Chopped Onion
- Take 5 Chicken Thighs
- Take 2 cloves Garlic
- Take 1 tbsp Tomato Puree
- Prepare 1/2 pint Chicken Stock
- Take 1/2 Juice of Lemon
- Take 1/2 Red Pepper
- Take 400 gm tin Chopped Tomatoes
- Get 100 gs Orzo
- Get Salt
- Prepare Oregano
Top each with a thigh, some of the orzo mixture & some of the cheese. The thighs were excellent with very crispy skin. However, the orzo is incredibly sticky and starchy. Great flavors, but not so much on texture.
Steps to make Chicken Thighs with Orzo Pasta:
- Heat oil in large frying pan, that has a lid. Add chopped onion and fry gently til soft.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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