One Skillet Lemon Chicken with Orzo & Kale | Great weeknight meal recipe

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is more affordable and has a neutral flavor.

Start by marinating chicken breasts with dried oregano, dried dill, black pepper, and salt.

Press garlic into the marinade instead of mincing it.

Squeeze lemon juice into the marinade and mix everything together with the chicken.

Add olive oil to the chicken and mix to coat.

Let the chicken marinate in the fridge for a short while.

Heat olive oil in a heavy skillet until hot.

Add the marinated chicken to the skillet and brown on both sides, about 3-4 minutes per side.

Remove the browned chicken from the skillet and set aside.

Chop red onion and add it to the skillet, adjusting the heat as necessary to avoid burning.

Add minced garlic to the onion after it has softened and season with salt.

Prepare kale by stripping it from the stems and roughly chopping it before adding it to the skillet with the onion and garlic.

Slice green olives and set aside for later.

Add orzo pasta to the skillet and mix everything together.

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