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Chicken in a Pot with Lemon Orzo
Instructions
Cook:2h 15min
Nigella Lawson shares a recipe for lemon orzo chicken from her 2021 cookbook "Cook, Eat, Repeat." The one-pot meal comes together in a Dutch oven and is sure to fill your kitchen with the comforting aroma of leeks, carrots, chicken, and lemon.
Updated at: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:49:28 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Good
Glycemic Index
43
Low
Glycemic Load
17
Moderate
Nutrition per serving
Calories583.8 kcal (29%)
Total Fat31.1 g (44%)
Carbs39.2 g (15%)
Sugars7.9 g (9%)
Protein38.6 g (77%)
Sodium971.9 mg (49%)
Fiber7.4 g (26%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
6 servings
1whole chicken
3 clovesgarlic
fat
2carrots
medium
2leeks
medium, 5 cups sliced, white parts only
1 tablespoonolive oil
2lemons
2 teaspoonsdried tarragon
or dried thyme
2leeks
medium, sliced, white parts only
2 teaspoonsflaky sea salt
or kosher salt, or 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
½ teaspooncrushed red pepper flakes
6 cupswater
cold
1 ½ cupsorzo pasta
⅓ cupItalian parsley
finely chopped, plus more to serve
parmesan
freshly grated, to serve
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