
Light Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
Light Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup requires roughly 30 minutes from start to finish.
- Servings: 8
- Total cooking time:
Ingredients:
- 3 cooked chicken breasts
- 2 32 oz. boxes of chicken broth
- 3 carrots, peeled and diced
- 3 celery stalks, diced
- 3-4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups orzo pasta
- 1 Tbs ground thyme
- 1 Tbs salt
- 1 Tbs pepper
- 1 large lemon
Instructions:
- In a large soup pot, heat olive oil on medium high.
- Add carrots and celery and cook for 5 minutes on medium.
- Add chicken broth.
- Add ground thyme, salt and pepper.
- Add cooked, diced chicken breasts and fresh thyme.Bring to boil.
- Add orzo and cook for 7-10 minutes until pasta is cooked.
- Add the lemon zest and juice from 1 large lemon.
- Serve with a slice of lemon.


