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If you love a classic lemon and basil flavor profile, you're in for a delightful surprise. Lemon Garlic Basil Orzo with Grilled Chicken Chef Bryce. Combine chicken, mozzarella cheese, spinach, basil, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper with orzo pasta.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon garlic basil orzo with grilled chicken using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon Garlic Basil Orzo with Grilled Chicken:

1. Prepare 3 cups cooked orzo(1 1/2 cups uncooked)
2. Take .75 oz fresh basil fine chopped (reserve 3tbsp for service)
3. Take 2 large garlic cloves minced
4. Prepare Zest of 1 large lemon
5. Take 1 lemon
6. Get 1/2 cup peas
7. Make ready Salt
8. Get 5 tbsp unsalted butter lemonade pepper season
9. Prepare 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts

If desired, serve with lemon wedges. Combine lemon peel, lemon juice, garlic, salt, oil and basil in a blender or food processor. The trick to the quick prep is coating the raw ingredients with rich and aromatic seasonings before baking. The chicken breasts get rubbed with olive oil, Italian seasoning and a dash of red pepper flakes and placed atop a garlicky, buttery bed of orzo and tomatoes.

Steps to make Lemon Garlic Basil Orzo with Grilled Chicken:

1. Salt your water and boil the orzo until aldente, strain and rinse to stop the cooking.
2. Add 2 tbsp of butter to a pan a cook the garlic until fragrant. Add juice of half a lemon and cook for an additional few minutes
3. Add 3 tbsp of butter until the sauce thickens
4. Add the pasta and the peas and a couple pinches of salt and heat through. Add the basil for a few minutes followed by Parmesan cheese, up to you how much. Taste for salt or additional lemon juice and serve with lemon pepper chicken. Finish with some fresh basil if you have it.

Return skillet to the heat and add broth and orzo. How to Make the Marinade and Grill the Chicken Thighs. Make garlic herb marinade: In a medium mixing bowl whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, basil, parsley, oregano, rosemary, thyme, and garlic. Next add the broth and cream and season with salt and pepper. Bring everything to a boil stirring the pan well and then place the chicken thighs over the orzo along with the lemon slices.

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