How to Prepare Perfect Queso Chicken & Orzo

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, queso chicken & orzo. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Queso Chicken & Orzo is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Queso Chicken & Orzo is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have queso chicken & orzo using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Queso Chicken & Orzo:

1. Get chicken breasts
2. Get Lawrys Baja Chipotle Marinade
3. Get Orzo pasta
4. Make ready butter
5. Prepare chicken broth
6. Get tomato paste
7. Make ready black beans, drained and rinsed
8. Get Velveeta cheese
9. Make ready Rotel
10. Make ready Seasonings: salt, pepper, garlic powder, Mrs. Dash Spicy

Instructions to make Queso Chicken & Orzo:

1. Cut chicken breasts into quarters. Place in large ziplock bag with marinade. Place in fridge for 30 minutes.
2. Cook chicken however you desire: grill, stovetop, I used instapot. Put a tad of the marinade on top of chicken before cooking and discard the remainder.
3. In a large saucepan add butter and melt. Once melted add Orzo.
4. Cook on medium high until you start to see some browning.
5. Add chicken broth and tomato paste and seasonings you desire.
6. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium low and simmer covered for 15 minutes or until all juices are cooked into orzo.
7. Meanwhile cut velveeta into chunks and place in small saucepan along with Rotel. Heat on medium until cheese is melted.
8. Once orzo is done, add in black beans.
9. Set up topping station and plate as follows: Orzo bed, top with chicken pieces and cover with queso.
10. Enjoy!

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