Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup

Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup

Ingredients

Instructions

1. 1

   Heat olive oil in a pan or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add chicken breast and season with salt. Let each side brown for a couple minutes, doesn’t need to cook through. Adding a lid speeds this up. Remove chicken from the pan.

2. 2

   Add carrots, celery, and onion to the pan and saute for a minute or two.

3. 3

   Add Italian seasoning, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper. Stir to combine and saute another two to three minutes.

4. 4

   Add flour and stir.

5. 5

   Add the chicken back to the pan and pour in the chicken broth. Optional, add a lemon, halved,here if you like extra lemony flavor.

6. 6

   Bring to a full boil, cover, and cook for 15 minutes.

7. 7

   Remove the lid and take the chicken out. Shred with two forks.

8. 8

   Add orzo and stir. Add the shredded chicken back in and stir to combine. Cook five to ten minutes until the orzo is cooked through.

9. 9

   Squeeze juice from the half a lemon half over the soup. Slice and throw in the other half. Stir in parsley. Serve topped with Parmesan.