SuperQuick Saucy BBQ Chicken Breasts
with Cheesy Orzo
Introducing our mouth-watering Cheesy Orozo with BBQ Sauced Chicken Breasts! Indulge in a savoury blend of creamy, melted cheeses enveloping perfectly cooked orzo pasta, creating a rich and velvety base. This delightful dish is topped with tender, succulent chicken breasts, generously coated in a smoky, tangy BBQ sauce.
Ingredients: Chicken breast • Orzo (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • 35% Cream (cream, milk, dextrose, cellulose gel, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate) (milk) • BBQ sauce (sugars (sugar/glucose-fructose, blackstrap molasses, brown sugar), tomato paste, vinegar, water, salt, modified corn starch, mustard, modified tapioca starch, mustard bran, chili peppers, soybean oil, garlic powder, onion powder, hydrolyzed corn protein, spices, seasoning, natural flavour, xanthan gum, caramel, citric acid, malic acid, sodium benzoate) (mustard) • Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, bacterial culture, salt, annatto, beta-carotene, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, cellulose, natamycin) (milk) • Green peas • Cream sauce spice blend (wheat flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, canola oil, silicon dioxide) (wheat) • Chicken broth concentrate (sugars (maltodextrin, sugar), chicken stock, chicken fat, chicken flavor (chicken broth, salt, flavoring, water, glutamic acid, chicken fat, chicken powder, xanthan gum, organic sunflower oil), salt, yeast extract, xanthan gum, natural flavor).
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
2 unit(s)
Chicken Breasts
170 g
Orzo
(Contains Wheat)
½ cup
Cheddar Cheese, shredded
(Contains Milk)
113 mL
Cream
(Contains Milk)
4 tbsp
BBQ Sauce
(Contains Mustard May contain Wheat, Crustaceans, Soy, Tree nuts, Egg, Sulphites, Milk, Sesame, Fish, Gluten, Mustard)
1 tbsp
Cream Sauce Spice Blend
(Contains Wheat May contain Peanuts, Triticale, Tree nuts, Sesame, Soy, Wheat, Milk, Sulphites, Mustard)
1 unit(s)
Chicken Broth Concentrate
56 g
Green Peas
Not included in your delivery
2 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains Milk)
1 tbsp
Oil*
0.13 tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Instructions
- Add orzo and peas to the boiling water. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 10-12 min.
- Drain and reserve 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) of pasta water. Return orzo and peas to the same pot, off heat.
- Meanwhile, pat chicken dry with paper towels,then cut into 1-inch wide strips. Season with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat.
- When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil, then chicken breast. Sear until chicken breast pieces are golden-brown and cooked through, 3-4 min per side.**
- Remove pan from heat. Add BBQ sauce. Toss to coat.
- Meanwhile, heat a small pot over medium-high heat.
- When hot add 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) butter. Swirl pot to melt.
- Add Cream Sauce Spice Blend. Cook, whisking often, until combined, 1 min.
- Add cream, broth concentrate and pasta water. Cook, whisking until combined, 1 min.
- Add cheese and whisk until cheese melts and sauce thickens, 1-2 min.
- Add cheese sauce to the pot with orzo. Season with salt and pepper, then stir to combine.
- Divide cheesy orzo between bowls.
- Top with the BBQ-sauced chicken tenders.
If you've opted to get chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch wide strips, then prepare and cook them in the same way the recipe instructs you to prepare and cook the chicken breast tenders.