If you know me, then you know that I love soup! And this Chicken Orzo Soup, is another good one to go in the books! Plenty of carrots, green onions, celery, and tender chunks of chicken, in a creamy broth with orzo pasta throughout.
I almost like this better than chicken noodle soup because the noodles (orzo) are small enough to not soak up all the liquid when you are re-heating the leftovers.
Now, I throw in a lot of veggies in my soup, because I’ll be honest, it’s one of the few times I have vegetables with my dinner, but feel free to tweak what you put in. Most veggies will work, add more, do less, it’s a pretty versatile broth.
Chicken Orzo Soup
Yield 6 servings
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 2 chicken breasts, cubed
- 1 1/2 cups sliced/diced carrots (I use mini carrots and slice them thin.)
- 1 1/2 cups diced celery
- 2 tsp minced garlic, about 4 cloves
- 1 cup green onions, sliced (1 small bunch)
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup orzo
- 1 cup half & half
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp COLD water
- salt and pepper, to taste
- *Optional: Nature's Seasoning or Garlic Salt, to taste
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large stock pot. Add cubed chicken and carrots. Cook until the chicken is almost done. Add the celery, garlic and onions. Cook until soft and fragrant.
- Add the chicken broth and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook orzo according to package directions. Drain and then add to the pot of soup.
- Add the half & half. Thicken the soup slightly by mixing the cornstarch with COLD water and add it to the pot of simmering soup.
- Season with salt, pepper, and additional seasonings as desired.
Recipe Notes
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Recipe altered from Taming of the Spoon
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January 4, 2015 at 10:33 AMOh, boy. You’ve got me totally craving soup right now! I just love how chock-full of comfort this looks! Pinning and definitely putting on our dinner menu. 🙂
Amber says
January 5, 2015 at 8:54 AMIf we lived near each other, we could totally enjoy a bowl of soup together! It brings people together. 😉
Trine @ Creative Pink Butterfly says
January 5, 2015 at 3:22 AMThis is looking seriously delicios!
Amber says
January 5, 2015 at 8:57 AMThanks Trine! It’s better than Chicken Noodle Soup in my opinion. 😉
Jen @ Baked by an Introvert says
January 5, 2015 at 8:45 AMYou are the queen of soups, Amber! This is another total winner in by book.
Amber says
January 5, 2015 at 8:59 AMI’m telling ya. I live off of soup for at least 6 months of the year! 😉
Aimee @ Like mother like daughter says
January 5, 2015 at 11:10 AMThis looks so good Amber! I love the combo of flavors in this one, and I love orzo in soups!
Amber says
January 8, 2015 at 7:04 AMThanks Aimee! We really enjoyed this one!
livewellbakeoften says
January 5, 2015 at 5:07 PMI love orzo, but never cook with it and that definitely needs to change after seeing this soup! I love all of the veggies in this dish, soup is about the best way I can get veggies in with my dinner too 🙂
Amber says
January 8, 2015 at 7:05 AMOrzo is one of my favorite pastas to create with! You should check out my Garlic Parmesan Orzo recipe! We have made it at least 20x!
cathy says
January 8, 2015 at 8:18 PMJust finished diner with your recipe – loved it thank s for the idea 🙂
Amber says
January 10, 2015 at 2:48 PMThat’s great! So glad you liked it!