Pesto Chicken With Orzo

Pesto Chicken With Orzo

This fabulous dish is perfect when you need a dish to feed a crowd. You can swap out the chicken for shrimp/steak or add all 3! I like to use a cast iron skillet to cook this chicken as the marinade made a mess in my grill pan! You can buy the pesto for this but I do find homemade to be a bit better!

You may need:

Cast Iron Skillet

Pesto Chicken With Orzo

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Ingredients

  

• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken tenders
• 2 T. extra virgin olive oil plus extra for cooking
• 1 T. cajun seasoning or chipotle
• ½ cup basil pesto

Orzo

• 1 pound Orzo
• ⅓ cup lemon juice fresh
• ⅓ cup olive oil
• optional" stir in a little fresh pesto, too!
• Cubed cheese of your choice fontina or havarti
• fresh basil and parsley chopped

Instructions

 

• Marinate the chicken in oil, seasoning and pesto for 15 mins.
• Heat olive oil in cast iron pan and cook chicken a few minutes on each side.
• Remove to a plate and wrap in foil to rest.
• Cook orzo and drain.
• Pour on the lemon juice and oil.
• Top with the chicken, cheese parsley, and basil.
• Can be served at room temp!

adapted from Half Baked Harvest