This Greek hen orzo casserole is my flavorful and comforting tackle Mediterranean hen in a casserole type. It’s filled with recent components and daring Mediterranean flavors, and is ideal for busy weeknights as a result of the whole lot bakes collectively in a single casserole dish. Bookmark this one! It’s been on the common rotation in my home since I developed it — it’s simply THAT good.
One pot: As a brand new mother, that is CRUCIAL. I really like that you simply don’t must prepare dinner the hen individually, and the block of feta turns into so creamy and melty as soon as its baked in the midst of the casserole dish.
So flavorful: I can’t get sufficient of the Mediterranean flavors on this casserole! Professional tip: don’t skip the sun-dried tomatoes in oil — each the tomatoes and the oil add such wealthy taste that will get infused all through your complete casserole.
Serves the entire fam: I really like consuming family-style at my home, so I simply put this casserole proper in the midst of the desk and let the household serve themselves. I serve mine with a facet of heat pita or naan.
The Components
- Rooster: This recipe requires boneless skinless hen breasts. Rooster thighs will even work, simply make sure that they’re additionally boneless and skinless and reduce into 1 in. chunks.
- Feta: You’ll want a complete whopping block of feta. It cooks down into probably the most superb creamy sauce when you stir the casserole collectively after it bakes. Significantly, so wealthy, creamy and amps up the Greek-inpsired flavors.
- Spinach: 2 cups of spinach will prepare dinner down considerably when baked — it appears like loads of spinach, however positively isn’t over-powering as soon as it cooks down and wilts.
- Cherry tomatoes: The tomatoes will burst both when baked or whenever you’re tossing the casserole along with the sauce proper earlier than serving, so no must spend time halving them earlier than baking.
- Oregano: You’ll season the hen with oregano and salt. It provides simply the correct amount of taste that enhances the Mediterranean flavors with out overpowering.
Gear
This casserole must be baked each coated and uncovered, so that you’ll ideally wish to use a casserole dish that has a canopy like this one beneath ⤵️. If you happen to don’t have a coated casserole dish, merely cowl your baking dish with aluminum foil when baking.
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Casserole Dish
We love this le creuset casserole dish as a result of it’s oven secure AND has a canopy. It’s the excellent casserole dish for this baked one pot pasta dish!
How To Make Greek Rooster Orzo Bake
This orzo casserole has MINIMAL prep time, after which it spends the remainder of its time baking away within the oven 🙂 Right here’s what you’ll must do:
- Add the cherry tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, onion, olives, orzo, salt, and dried oregano proper into the casserole dish and blend to mix.
- In a separate bowl, season the hen with the remaining salt and oregano, and toss to coat.
- Add the hen and broth to the casserole dish and stir to mix.
- Make a small gap within the middle of all the components and place the block of feta within the center. Cowl and bake at 375ºF for Half-hour.
- Take away the casserole from the oven, stir, and bake uncovered for an additional 20 minutes.
- Take away the casserole from the oven and stir collectively till the feta has was a creamy sauce. Prime with recent basil, and ENJOY!
Retailer any leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3 days. I prefer to retailer mine proper within the casserole dish that it was baked in.
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Preheat the oven to 375ºF and spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with oil. Put aside.
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Add the cherry tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, onion, olives, pasta, ½ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon dried oregano to the casserole dish and blend to mix.
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Individually, season the hen with the remaining salt and oregano. Toss to coat.
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Add the hen and broth to the casserole dish and stir to mix.
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Make a small gap within the middle of all the components and place the block of feta within the center. Cowl and bake for Half-hour.
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Take away the casserole from the oven, stir, and bake uncovered for an additional 20-Half-hour.
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Take away the casserole from the oven and test that the orzo is absolutely cooked. If the pasta will not be absolutely cooked, take away the casserole from the oven, add 2 tablespoons of hen broth, and canopy for an extra 10-Quarter-hour.
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Stir the casserole collectively till the feta has was a creamy sauce. Prime with recent basil.
- We don’t suggest substituting the orzo pasta with some other pasta.
- We have now not examined this recipe with gluten-free pasta. The liquid to pasta ratio could also be completely different for gluten-free pasta.
- Onion: be at liberty to sauté your onions first for a milder taste or omit them altogether.
Energy: 380 kcal, Carbohydrates: 36 g, Protein: 27 g, Fats: 14 g, Fiber: 3 g, Sugar: 4 g
Diet info is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Pictures: images taken on this submit are by Erin from The Picket Skillet.
