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Light Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup Recipe - Quick, Healthy & Ready in 30 Minutes

Light Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo Souphealthy recipe

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:

  1. In a large soup pot, heat olive oil on medium high.
  2. Add carrots and celery and cook for 5 minutes on medium.
  3. Add chicken broth.
  4. Add ground thyme, salt and pepper.
  5. Add cooked, diced chicken breasts and fresh thyme.Bring to boil.
  6. Add orzo and cook for 7-10 minutes until pasta is cooked.
  7. Add the lemon zest and juice from 1 large lemon.
  8. Serve with a slice of lemon.

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