Light Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
Light Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup requires roughly 30 minutes from start to finish. This dairy free recipe serves 8 and costs $2.4 per serving. One portion of this dish contains around 27g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 281 calories. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Autumn. It works well as a main course. 14 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is a rather inexpensive recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. If you have salt, pepper, ground thyme, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 69%. This score is good. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Light Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup, Light Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup, and Light Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts
- 64 oz chicken broth
- 3 carrots
- 3 celery stalks
- 3 sprigs thyme
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups orzo pasta
- 1 Tbs ground thyme
- 1 Tbs salt
- 1 Tbs pepper
- 1 large lemon
Instructions
- 1
In a large soup pot, heat olive oil on medium high.
- 2
Add carrots and celery and cook for 5 minutes on medium.
- 3
Add chicken broth.
- 4
Add ground thyme, salt and pepper.
- 5
Add cooked, diced chicken breasts and fresh thyme.Bring to boil.
- 6
Add orzo and cook for 7-10 minutes until pasta is cooked.
- 7
Add the lemon zest and juice from 1 large lemon.
- 8
Serve with a slice of lemon.