Mean Chef's Yucatan-style Chicken, Lime, And Orzo Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup orzo pasta (rice-shaped pasta)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 2 jalapeno chiles, thinly sliced
• 3/4 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into matchstick-size strips
• 5 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 large tomato, seeded, chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• fresh cilantro (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 cook orzo in pot of boiling salted water until just tender.
• 2 drain well.
• 3 heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat.
• 4 add onion, garlic, and chiles.
• 5 sauté until onion begins to brown, about 4 minutes.
• 6 add chicken; sauté 1 minute.
• 7 add broth, lime juice, and tomato.
• 8 simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• 9 mix in orzo, then chopped cilantro.
• 10 season soup with salt and pepper.
• 11 ladle soup into 4 bowls.
• 12 garnish with cilantro sprigs.