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Serves 4. Ready in 35 min.
Creamy Garlic Chicken and Leek Orzo
Garlic, leeks, chicken, Parmesan and orzo. Honestly, what could go wrong? This gets its creamy sauce from milk, stock and light cream cheese, with a little Dijon for extra flavour. No heavy cream required.
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 40 min
Per serving, estimated
- Calories
- 506
- Protein
- 48g
- Carbs
- 51g
- Fat
- 12g
- Fibre
- 2g
Worked out from the ingredients as listed. Not lab-tested, and brands vary, so check your own labels if you are tracking closely.
Ingredients
- 600 g chicken breast, cubed
- 220 g dry orzo
- 1 large leek, washed and sliced
- 4 garlic cloves
- 10 ml olive oil
- 500 ml chicken stock
- 150 ml low-fat milk
- 80 g light cream cheese
- 30 g Parmesan, grated
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp fresh thyme
- 1 tsp lemon zest
Method
- Brown seasoned chicken in oil; set aside.
- Soften leek and garlic; add orzo and stir.
- Pour in stock and milk; simmer gently, stirring, until orzo is nearly tender.
- Return chicken; cook through to 74°C, adding water if needed.
- Stir in cream cheese, Parmesan, Dijon, thyme and lemon zest off heat.
