Chicken Orzo Soup
This Chicken Orzo Soup is full of vegetables and tender chunks of chicken, in a creamy broth with orzo pasta throughout.
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.
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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
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 2 chicken breasts, cubed
- 1 ½ cups sliced/diced carrots, (I use mini carrots and slice them thin.)
- 1 ½ cups diced celery
- 2 tsp minced garlic, about 4 cloves
- 1 cup green onions, sliced (1 small bunch)
- 4 cups chicken broth
- ½ 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.
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The nutrition info box is not working. I’ve made this soup for years and love it, but now that I’m on a low-carb diet I need to know what the macros are.
I just ran the nutrition calculator so those values are there now as an estimate, but it will be most accurate if you input the exact ingredients and amounts you use into the app that you are using to track your macros.
This looked so good the other day when you made it. I have to try this, and I have always wanted to try the soup you make with apples. I’m putting them on my dinner list for the next two weeks.
Both great soups! Hope you like them Liz!
It’s important to remember to warm up the half and half BEFORE adding it to the simmering soup– otherwise the cream will curdle in the broth!!!! I learned from experience!!!😉
Love this recipe!
Thanks for sharing your experience with the recipe Kristin!
This is delicious! Can I freeze it?
I haven’t tried it, but it might be ok. The orzo may be slightly mushy.
Just finished diner with your recipe – loved it thank s for the idea 🙂
That’s great! So glad you liked it!
I 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 🙂
Orzo 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!
This looks so good Amber! I love the combo of flavors in this one, and I love orzo in soups!
Thanks Aimee! We really enjoyed this one!
You are the queen of soups, Amber! This is another total winner in by book.
I’m telling ya. I live off of soup for at least 6 months of the year! 😉
This is looking seriously delicios!
Thanks Trine! It’s better than Chicken Noodle Soup in my opinion. 😉
Oh, 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. 🙂
If we lived near each other, we could totally enjoy a bowl of soup together! It brings people together. 😉