SuperQuick Mediterranean Chicken Breast
with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Orzo
Creamy sun-dried tomato sauce is the star of this quick and easy chicken dinner! You don't need a long flight to feel like you're being whisked away to the Mediterranean.
Ingredients: Chicken breast • Orzo (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Sun-dried tomato pesto (sundried tomato, water, soy oil, canola and extra virgin olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose), basil leaves, salt, sugar, herbs, spices, vinegar, citric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Yellow onion • Spinach • Cream cheese (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, lactic acid, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Feta cheese (pasteurized milk, partly skimmed milk, water, salt, lipase, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, cellulose, natamycin, calcium chloride) (milk) • 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) • Mediterranean spice blend (dehydrated vegetables (garlic, onion, red bell pepper, tomato), salt, corn starch, spices and herbs, sugar, sumac, citric acid, silicon dioxide, canola oil, lemon oil, spice extract).
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)
¼ cup
Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
(Contains Milk May contain Soy, Sulphites, Egg, Fish, Tree nuts, Wheat, Milk)
1 unit(s)
Chicken Broth Concentrate
2 unit(s)
Cream Cheese
(Contains Milk)
56 g
Yellow Onion, chopped
56 g
Baby Spinach
1 tbsp
Mediterranean Spice Blend
(May contain Sesame, Tree nuts, Triticale, Milk, Soy, Peanuts, Wheat, Sulphites, Mustard)
¼ cup
Feta Cheese, crumbled
(Contains Milk)
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 to the boiling water. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 10-12 min.
- Drain and return orzo to the same pot, off heat.
- Meanwhile, heat a large non-stick pan over high heat.
- Pat chicken dry with paper towels, then season all over with Mediterranean Spice Blend, salt and pepper.
- When pan is hot, add 1/2 tbsp oil, then chicken. (NOTE: Cook chicken in 2 batches for 4 ppl, using 1/2 tbsp oil per batch.) Pan-fry until golden-brown, 1-2 min per side. Transfer chicken to an unlined baking sheet. Roast in the middle of the oven until cooked through, 8-10 min.**
- Meanwhile, add onions to the same pan. Cook, stirring often, until softened, 3-4 min.
- Reduce heat to medium-high.
- Add cream cheese and 1 cup (2 cups) water to the pan. Cook, stirring often, until cheese is melted, 1-2 min.
- Add pesto and broth concentrate. Cook, stirring often, until combined, 1-2 min.
- Once orzo is cooked, add sauce, 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) butter and spinach to pot with orzo. Stir until spinach is wilted, 1 min.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Thinly slice chicken.
- Divide Mediterranean pesto orzo between bowls.
- Top with chicken
- Sprinkle feta over top.
If you've opted to get chicken breasts, preheat the oven to 450°F. Pat
chicken dry with paper towels, then season all over with Mediterranean Spice Blend, salt and pepper. When pan is hot, add 1/2 tbsp oil, then chicken. (NOTE: Cook chicken in 2 batches for 4 ppl, using 1/2 tbsp oil per batch.) Pan-fry until golden-brown, 1-2 min per side. Transfer chicken to an unlined baking sheet. Roast in the middle of the oven until cooked through, 8-10 min.** Meanwhile, add onions to the same pan. Cook, stirring often, until softened, 3-4 min. Once chicken is finished cooking thinly slice.
