Creamy chicken orzo with spinach

Name: Creamy chicken orzo with spinach
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 400 g Chicken breast; 160 g Pasta, dry; 100 g Spinach; 80 g Light cream cheese; 20 g Parmesan; 2 x Garlic; 2 tsp Olive oil; 500 g Chicken stock; Salt and pepper

One pan, 20 minutes, and the orzo cooks in the sauce.

63 g Protein per serving

729kcal

66 gCarbs

24 gFat

4 gFibre

9 gProtein per 100 kcal

Ingredients for 2

400 g Chicken breast
160 g Pasta, dry orzo
100 g Spinach
80 g Light cream cheese
20 g Parmesan
2 cloves Garlic
2 tsp Olive oil
500 g Chicken stock
Salt and pepper

Method

Cut the chicken into strips, season, and brown in the oil over high heat for 5 minutes. Take it out.
Fry the garlic for 30 seconds, add the orzo and stir it through the oil.
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and cook for 8 minutes, stirring now and then so it does not stick.
Return the chicken, stir in the cream cheese, the parmesan and the spinach, and let it wilt. Loosen with a splash of water if it tightens.

Swaps

Swap the orzo for small pasta shapes and add two minutes.
Stir in 200 g mushrooms with the garlic.

Nutrition is worked out from the raw ingredients using the USDA FoodData Central database, per serving, and rounded. Cooking changes weight but not the energy and protein in the pan.