52 New Recipes, week 4 | Skillet Chicken with Orzo

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In 2017, I’m trying one new recipe per week…so, 52 new recipes over the course of a year.

This Week’s Recipe

This week, I tried another recipe from my ATK Quick Cooking cookbook (I can’t stop!!!).

Unfortunately, this one was a little disappointing.

Basically, you brown chicken, then cook it + orzo in tomatoes and chicken broth, with Parmesan cheese and basil stirred in at the end.

The orzo part of things was flavorful and interesting. But the chicken? Boring.

I thought the chicken would pick up more flavor from the cooking liquid than it did, but it ended up just being very bland.

It’s weird…roasted chicken is quite good unadorned, but somehow, this was just not.

So, I dunno. Maybe I’ll make the orzo part of this dish again as a side dish for a more delicious chicken recipe.

You win some, you lose some!

Next Week’s Recipe

Next week, I plan to make Arroz con Pollo from one of my Cook’s Country magazines.

This one stuck out to me because it includes a creamy sauce. And I am of the opinion that creamy sauces make everything better. 😉

How about you?

Did you try a new recipe this week? What do you plan to try this coming week?

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Barb @ 1SentenceDiary

Monday 6th of February 2017

I love the 52 new recipes idea. I tend to go in bursts with new recipes, so the idea of spacing them out seems so smart!

But, isn't this the second time it's been "week 4" ? ;-)

Kristen

Uhh, that is quite possible. Ha. Whoops.

Randi MacDonald

Friday 3rd of February 2017

I recently bought a box of orzo on the clearance rack for .40cents so when I saw your previous post, I said " Oh, I'm going to make that". Maybe if you would brown the chicken a little longer and add more herbs and spices, it would be more flavorful? I'm still going to try it. My spouse is Picky Mrs. McPickster and I think she might like it( sans basil of course). I'll probably make a half recipe.

lisa

I tried a crock pot beef stroganoff. It was tasteless and I added too much beef broth so it was liquidy. Everyone ate it but I doubt anyone was a fan.

Next week is chorizo potato tortilla tapas. Basically, cooked chorizo/potato/onion/scallion mixed with eggs/sour cream to make a custard type texture. Pour into a mini muffin tin and bake. See how it turns out!

Tomorrow, I'll attempt apple strudel with puff pastry. I saw a recipe and hope it comes out. I've tried using phyllo dough before but it was very hard to work with. I hope this is better.

HeatherLiz

Thursday 2nd of February 2017

I am inspired by all the delicious dishes I read about here! I'm going to have to do some weekend cooking and freeze portions, because I never seem to have the oomph to come home and prepare a meal that involves real cooking (as opposed to assembling) after work. Or maybe if I prepped ingredients on the weekend? Anyone with an 8-5 job with tips for me?

Stephanie

I love using my slow cooker (crockpot) during the week. I can put all the ingredients in a big bowl at night , pop it in the fridge. Then the next morning, I dump the bowl into my slow cooker, set the cook time and it's done when we get home. :)

Petey

My win for the week... chicken and spinach bowtie pasta in parmesan sauce. My non vegetable loving husband thought it was fabulous.(But then he thinks I am a culinary genius ) . It was super easy. Baked chicken; drained ,thawed frozen spinach ; cooked pasta; toss in a lovely simple white sauce with added grated parm.... season to choice..love.