Tomato Chicken Orzo Soup
A heartwarming, flavor-filled orzo soup with chicken and tomato sauce.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients
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- 4 chicken drumsticks
- 6 cups water
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tomatoes, grated
- 1 tsp pepper paste
- ½ tsp dried mint
- ¾ cup orzo
- 4 parsley stalks
- 1 lemon, squeezed
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Boil chicken drumsticks in 6 cups water, let it cold and shred.
- Heat olive oil in a pot and saute grated tomatoes in it.
- Add in dried mint and pepper paste, stir.
- Pour the water in which you boil the drumsticks.
- Add the orzo when it boils.
- Put parsley stalks whole into the pot, let it boil until orzo is tender.
- Add in shredded chicken and discard parsley stalks.
- Pour lemon juice and add salt to taste. Boil for 5 minutes and remove the pot from the heat.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 265
- Sugar: 3.4 g
- Sodium: 750.9 mg
- Fat: 8.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 17.5 g
- Protein: 28.4 g
- Cholesterol: 115.7 mg
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