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Orzo Pasta with Chicken and Pesto
4.5 511 ratings
Prep. 10 min
Total 30 min
4 portions
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Ingredients

Pesto
  • Parmesan cheese cut in pieces (2 cm)
    40 g
  • pine nuts
    10 g
  • garlic clove
    1
  • fresh basil leaves
    20 g
  • olive oil
    40 g
Chicken Orzo Pasta
  • carrots cut in pieces
    150 g
  • leeks cut in pieces
    150 g
  • olive oil
    30 g
  • chicken breasts, skinless diced (3 cm)
    400 g
  • chicken stock paste
    1 heaped tsp
    1 chicken stock cube (for 0.5 l), crumbled
  • water
    500 g
  • salt
    1 tsp
  • frozen green peas
    100 g
  • orzo
    250 g

Difficulty

easy

Nutrition per 1 portion

Sodium 700.6 mg
Protein 37.1 g
Calories 2611.9 kJ / 624.3 kcal
Fat 25.5 g
Fibre 5.2 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Carbohydrates 60.4 g

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