Easy Mediterranean Chicken Orzo Dump Recipe
This chicken and orzo bake is made delicious with Mediterranean ingredients. All you have to do is cook up your seasoned chicken pieces and then dump all of the ingredients into your baking dish. It really doesn’t get any easier and you have this brilliant dish to share with your loved ones!
For maximum flavor, I like to season my chicken pieces well with paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and Italian herb blend. Also a few turns of freshly cracked black pepper is great for you! For an even easier and quicker option, skip cooking the chicken yourself and grab a rotisserie chicken from the market. Just shred it and dump it in.
I used green olives in this recipe but black Kalamata olives also go great in this Mediterranean Dump Bake recipe. Also you can sub in any small pasta or rice. The rice will typically need more liquid than the orzo. If you like this recipe you will love my One Pan Chicken Zucchini Orzo or my One Pan Mediterranean Quinoa Salad.
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Mediterranean Chicken Orzo Dump (One Pan)
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs chicken breasts, cut into strips
- olive oil
- 1 tsp each salt + paprika
- 1/2 tsp each garlic powder, onion powder + Italian herb blend
- 2 cups orzo
- 5 oz sun dried tomatoes, chopped with oil
- 1/3 cup green olives, or black olives
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 3½ cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 handful baby spinach, rough chop
- 7 oz feta cheese
- 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425℉.
- Cut your chicken breasts into strips, drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt, paprika garlic powder, onion powder, Italian herb blend and mix together. In a 12 inch skillet over medium heat, add in olive oil. Cook chicken for 8 minutes or until golden brown on both sides and set aside.
- In a 9×13 inch baking dish, add in the orzo, chicken, sun dried tomatoes, olives, garlic, broth, heavy cream, salt and mix together. Bake for 40 minutes. Add in spinach, feta and parmesan cheese and mix together. Bake until golden brown on top
Notes
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.
- For an even easier and quicker option, skip cooking the chicken yourself and grab a rotisserie chicken from the market. Just shred it and dump it in.
- If you don’t have Feta cheese just use more shredded parmesan or mozzarella.
- In order to make this vegetarian, use chickpeas instead of chicken.
Nutrition
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